Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Living Translation NLT
1 Then Baldad, the Suhite, answered, and said:
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Then Bildad the Shuhite replied to Job:
2 How long wilt thou speak these things, and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
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“How long will you go on like this? You sound like a blustering wind.
3 Doth God pervert judgment, or doth the Almighty overthrow that which is just?
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Does God twist justice? Does the Almighty twist what is right?
4 Although thy children have sinned against him, and he hath left them in the hand of their iniquity:
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Your children must have sinned against him, so their punishment was well deserved.
5 Yet if thou wilt arise early to God, and wilt beseech the Almighty:
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But if you pray to God and seek the favor of the Almighty,
6 If thou wilt walk clean and upright, he will presently awake unto thee, and will make the dwelling of thy justice peaceable:
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and if you are pure and live with integrity, he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.
7 In so much, that if thy former things were small thy latter things would be multiplied exceedingly.
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And though you started with little, you will end with much.
8 For inquire of the former generation, and search diligently into the memory of the fathers:
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“Just ask the previous generation. Pay attention to the experience of our ancestors.
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant that our days upon earth are but a shadow
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For we were born but yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as fleeting as a shadow.
10 And they shall teach thee: they shall speak to thee, and utter words out of their hearts.
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But those who came before us will teach you. They will teach you the wisdom of old.
11 Can the rush be green without moisture? or sedge bush grow without water?
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“Can papyrus reeds grow tall without a marsh? Can marsh grass flourish without water?
12 When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked u with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.
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While they are still flowering, not ready to be cut, they begin to wither more quickly than grass.
13 Even so are the ways of all that forget God, an the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:
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The same happens to all who forget God. The hopes of the godless evaporate.
14 His folly shall not please him, and his trust shall be like the spider’s web.
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Their confidence hangs by a thread. They are leaning on a spider’s web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall no stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:
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They cling to their home for security, but it won’t last. They try to hold it tight, but it will not endure.
16 He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh; and at his rising, his blossom shall shoot forth.
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The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.
17 His roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones; and among the stones he shall abide.
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Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
18 If one swallow him up out of his place, he shall deny him, and shall say: I know thee not.
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But when it is uprooted, it’s as though it never existed!
19 For this is the joy of his way, that others may spring again out of the earth.
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That’s the end of its life, and others spring up from the earth to replace it.
20 God will not cast away the simple, nor reach out his hand to the evil doer:
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“But look, God will not reject a person of integrity, nor will he lend a hand to the wicked.
21 Until thy mouth be filled with laughter, and thy lips with rejoicing.
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He will once again fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.
22 They that hate thee, shall be clothed with confusion: and the dwelling of the wicked shall not stand.
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Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the home of the wicked will be destroyed.”