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Bildad Says God Rewards the Good | ||||
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| 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, | 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, | 1 Then Bildad from Shuah replied [to Job], | 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, | 1 And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, | 2 "How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? | 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind? | 2 "How long will you say these things? How long will your words be so windy? | 2 "How long will you speak these things? Shall the words of your mouth be a mighty wind? | 2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind? | 3 "Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right? | 3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? | 3 Does God distort justice, or does the Almighty distort righteousness? | 3 Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness? | 3 Doth �God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice? | 4 "If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression. | 4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; | 4 If your children sinned against him, he allowed them to suffer the consequences of their sinfulness. | 4 If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience. | 4 If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression. | 5 "If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty, | 5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; | 5 If you search for God and plead for mercy from the Almighty, | 5 If you want to seek God diligently, make your supplication to the Almighty. | 5 If thou seek earnestly unto �God, and make thy supplication to the Almighty, | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 6 If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate. | 6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. | 6 if you are moral and ethical, then he will rise up on your behalf and prove your righteousness by rebuilding your home. | 6 If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous. | 6 If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous; | 7 "Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly. | 7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. | 7 Then what you had in the past will seem small compared with the great prosperity you'll have in the future. | 7 Though your beginning was small, yet your latter end would greatly increase. | 7 And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great. | 8 "Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers. | 8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: | 8 "Ask the people of past generations. Find out what their ancestors had learned. | 8 "Please inquire of past generations. Find out about the learning of their fathers. | 8 For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers; | 9 "For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow. | 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) | 9 We have only been around since yesterday, and we know nothing. Our days on earth are only a fleeting shadow. | 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days on earth are a shadow.) | 9 For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow. | 10 "Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds? | 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? | 10 Won't their words teach you? Won't they share their thoughts with you? | 10 Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart? | 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 11 "Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water? | 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? | 11 "Can papyrus grow up where there is no swamp? Can rushes grow tall without water? | 11 "Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water? | 11 Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water? | 12 "While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant. | 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. | 12 Even if they were fresh and not cut, they would wither quicker than grass. | 12 While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed. | 12 Whilst it is yet in its greenness and not cut down, it withereth before any other grass. | 13 "So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish, | 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: | 13 The same thing happens to all who forget God. The hope of the godless dies. | 13 So are the paths of all who forget God. The hope of the godless man shall perish, | 13 So are the paths of all that forget �God; and the profane man's hope shall perish, | 14 Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider's web. | 14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web. | 14 His confidence is easily shattered. His trust is a spider's web. | 14 Whose confidence shall break apart, Whose trust is a spider's web. | 14 Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web. | 15 "He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure. | 15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. | 15 If one leans on his house, it collapses. If one holds on to it, it will not support his weight. | 15 He shall lean on his house, but it shall not stand. He shall cling to it, but it shall not endure. | 15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 16 "He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden. | 16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. | 16 He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine. The shoots spread over his garden. | 16 He is green before the sun. His shoots go forth over his garden. | 16 He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden; | 17 "His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones. | 17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. | 17 Its roots weave through a pile of stones. They cling to a stone house. | 17 His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones. | 17 His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones. | 18 "If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.' | 18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. | 18 But when it is uprooted from its place, [the ground] denies it [and says], 'I never saw you!' | 18 If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, 'I have not seen you.' | 18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee! | 19 "Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring. | 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. | 19 That is its joy in this life, and others sprout from the same ground to [take its place]. | 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way: out of the earth, others shall spring. | 19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow. | 20 "Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers. | 20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers: | 20 "Certainly, God does not reject a person of integrity or give a helping hand to wicked people. | 20 "Behold, God will not cast away a blameless man, neither will he uphold the evildoers. | 20 Behold, �God will not cast off a perfect man, neither will he take evil-doers by the hand. | NASB | KJV | GWT | WEB | DBY |
| 21 "He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting. | 21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. | 21 He will fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with happy shouting. | 21 He will still fill your mouth with laughter, your lips with shouting. | 21 Whilst he would fill thy mouth with laughing and thy lips with shouting, | 22 "Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will be no longer." | 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. | 22 Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will cease to exist." The Futility of Arguing With God | 22 Those who hate you shall be clothed with shame. The tent of the wicked shall be no more." | 22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked be no more. |
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