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1
Then
answered
Bildad
the
Shuhite,
and
said
,
2
How
long
wilt thou
speak
these things? and how long shall the
words
of thy
mouth
be like a
strong
wind?
3
Doth
God
pervert
judgment?
or doth the
Almighty
pervert
justice?
4
If thy
children
have
sinned
against him, and he have cast them
away
for
[a]
their
transgression;
5
If thou wouldest
seek
unto
God
betimes
, and make thy
supplication
to the
Almighty;
6
If thou wert
pure
and
upright;
surely now he would
awake
for thee, and make the
habitation
of thy
righteousness
prosperous
.
7
Though thy
beginning
was
small,
yet thy latter
end
should
greatly
increase
.
8
For
enquire
, I pray thee, of the
former
*
age,
and
prepare
thyself to the
search
of their
fathers:
9
(For we are but of
yesterday,
and
know
nothing, because our
days
[b]
upon
earth
are a shadow:)
10
Shall not they
teach
thee, and
tell
thee, and
utter
words
out of their
heart?
11
Can the
rush
grow
up
without
mire?
can
the
flag
grow
without
water?
12
Whilst it is yet in his
greenness,
and not cut
down
, it
withereth
before
any other
herb.
13
So are the
paths
of all that
forget
God;
and the
hypocrite's
hope
shall
perish
:
14
Whose
hope
shall be cut
off
, and whose
trust
shall be a
spider's
web.
[c]
15
He shall
lean
upon his
house,
but it shall not
stand
: he shall
hold
it fast, but it shall not
endure
.
16
He is
green
before
the
sun,
and his
branch
shooteth
forth
in his
garden.
17
His
roots
are wrapped
about
the
heap,
and
seeth
the
place
of
stones.
18
If he
destroy
him from his
place,
then it shall
deny
him, saying, I have not
seen
thee.
19
Behold, this is the
joy
of his
way,
and out of the
earth
shall
others
grow
.
20
Behold,
God
will not cast
away
a
perfect
man, neither will he
help
[d]
*
the evil
doers
:
21
Till he
fill
thy
mouth
with
laughing,
and thy
lips
with
rejoicing.
[e]
22
They that
hate
thee shall be
clothed
with
shame;
and the
dwelling
place of the
wicked
shall come to
nought.
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Footnotes
5
[a].
for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression
[b].
nothing: Heb. not
[c].
web: Heb. house
[d].
help...: Heb. take the ungodly by the hand
[e].
rejoicing: Heb. shouting for joy
Job 8 Commentaries
The Tony Evans Bible Commentary
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Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible (Complete)
John Gill's Exposition of the Bible
Geneva Study Bible
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes
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