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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
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"How long will you speak these things, And the words of your mouth be like a strong wind?
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Does God subvert judgment? Or does the Almighty pervert justice?
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If your sons have sinned against Him, He has cast them away for their transgression.
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If you would earnestly seek God And make your supplication to the Almighty,
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If you were pure and upright, Surely now He would awake for you, And prosper your rightful dwelling place.
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Though your beginning was small, Yet your latter end would increase abundantly.
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"For inquire, please, of the former age, And consider the things discovered by their fathers;