Then answered
Bildad
the Shuhite,
and said,
Baldad
Βαλδαδ
baldad
Sauchitēs
Σαυχίτης
sauchitēs
How
long
wilt thou speak
these things? and how long shall the words
of thy mouth
be like a strong
wind?
Doth God
pervert
judgment?
or doth the Almighty
pervert
justice?
If thy children
have sinned
against him, and he have cast them away
for
their transgression;
If thou wouldest seek
unto God
betimes,
and make thy supplication
to the Almighty;
If thou wert pure
and upright;
surely now he would awake
for thee, and make the habitation
of thy righteousness
prosperous.
Though thy beginning
was small,
yet thy latter end
should greatly
increase.
For enquire,
I pray thee, of the former
age,
and prepare
thyself to the search
of their fathers:
(For we are but of yesterday,
and know
nothing, because our days
upon earth
are a shadow:
)
Shall not they teach
thee, and tell
thee, and utter
words
out of their heart?
Can the rush
grow up
without mire?
can
the flag
grow
without
water?
Whilst it is yet in his greenness,
and not cut down,
it withereth
before
any other herb.
So are the paths
of all that forget
God;
and the hypocrite's
hope
shall perish:
Whose hope
shall be cut off,
and whose trust
shall be a spider's
web.
He shall lean
upon his house,
but it shall not stand:
he shall hold
it fast, but it shall not endure.
He is green
before
the sun,
and his branch
shooteth forth
in his garden.
His roots
are wrapped about
the heap,
and seeth
the place
of stones.
If he destroy
him from his place,
then it shall deny
him, saying, I have not seen
thee.
Behold, this is the joy
of his way,
and out of the earth
shall others
grow.
Behold, God
will not cast away
a perfect
man, neither will he help
the evil doers:
Till he fill
thy mouth
with laughing,
and thy lips
with rejoicing.
They that hate
thee shall be clothed
with shame;
and the dwelling
place of the wicked
shall come to nought.
