Job 8 · Clearspring

Bildad: Job Should Repent

¹Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:+ ²“How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.+ ³Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?+ ⁴When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.+ ⁵But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,+ ⁶if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.+ ⁷Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will flourish.+ ⁸Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.+ ⁹For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.+ ¹⁰Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?+ ¹¹Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?+ ¹²While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.+ ¹³Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.+ ¹⁴His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.+ ¹⁵He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.+ ¹⁶He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.+ ¹⁷His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.+ ¹⁸If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘ I never saw you.’+ ¹⁹Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.+ ²⁰Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.+ ²¹He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.+ ²²Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”+

Bildad: Job Should Repent

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