Bildad Speaks: Job Should Repent
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Then 1Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
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"How long will you say these things, and the words of your mouth be a 2great wind?
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3Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert the right?
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If your 4children have sinned against him, he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression.
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If you will seek God and 5plead with the Almighty for mercy,
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if you are pure and upright, surely then he will 6rouse himself for you and 7restore your rightful habitation.
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And though your beginning was small, 8your latter days will be very great.
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For we are but of yesterday and know nothing, for our days on earth are 11a shadow.
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Will they not teach you and tell you and utter words out of their understanding?
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"Can papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Can reeds flourish where there is no water?
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While yet in flower and not cut down, they 12wither before any other plant.
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He leans against his 17house, but it does not stand; he lays hold of it, but it does not endure.
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He is a lush plant before the sun, and his 18shoots spread over his garden.
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His roots entwine the stone heap; he looks upon a house of stones.
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Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of 21the soil others will spring.
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"Behold, God will not reject a blameless man, nor take the hand of evildoers.
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He will yet 22fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with shouting.
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Those who hate you will be 23clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more."
Herramientas de Estudio para Job 8
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