Job 8:3-13

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 their transgression,
5 if thou wouldest seek unto God speedily 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 inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself for the searching of their fathers;
9 for we are but of yesterday and know nothing, because our days 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 reed 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,
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