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1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:

2"How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.

2“How long will you go on like this? You sound like a blustering wind.

3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

3Does God twist justice? Does the Almighty twist what is right?

4When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

4Your children must have sinned against him, so their punishment was well deserved.

5But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,

5But if you pray to God and seek the favor of the Almighty,

6if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.

6and if you are pure and live with integrity, he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.

7Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

7And though you started with little, you will end with much.

8"Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned,

8“Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.

9for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

9For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.

10Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?

10But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you the wisdom of old.

11Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

11“Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water?

12While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.

12While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.

13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

13The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.

14What they trust in is fragile; what they rely on is a spider's web.

14Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider’s web.

15They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold.

15They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.

16They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;

16The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.

17it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

17Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.

18But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.'

18But when it is uprooted, it’s as though it never existed!

19Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.

19That’s the end of its life, and others spring up from the earth to replace it.

20"Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers.

20“But look, God will not reject a person of integrity, nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.

21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

21He will once again fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more."

22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the home of the wicked will be destroyed.”

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