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1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

1Then in response, Bildad from Shuah said:

2"How long will you say such things? Your words are a blustering wind.

2"How long will you keep talking like this? How long will you keep talking like a wind storm?

3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?

3Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what's right?

4When your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.

4"If your children sin against him, he'll make them a prisoner of their sins.

5But if you will seek God earnestly and plead with the Almighty,

5If you seek God, if you ask the Almighty for mercy,

6if you are pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself on your behalf and restore you to your prosperous state.

6if you are clean and upright, surely then, he'll act on your behalf and restore your rightful place.

7Your beginnings will seem humble, so prosperous will your future be.

7Your beginning may be small, but later years will be very great.

8"Ask the former generation and find out what their ancestors learned,

8"Inquire of the previous generation, won't you please? Consider what their forefathers searched out.

9for we were born only yesterday and know nothing, and our days on earth are but a shadow.

9Because we are of yesterday and we know nothing, for our time on earth is only a shadow.

10Will they not instruct you and tell you? Will they not bring forth words from their understanding?

10Won't they instruct you, and tell you, and bring out words from the heart?

11Can papyrus grow tall where there is no marsh? Can reeds thrive without water?

11"Can papyrus grow where there's no marsh? Can reeds flourish without water?

12While still growing and uncut, they wither more quickly than grass.

12While they are still green and not yet ready to be harvested, they wither before any plant.

13Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so perishes the hope of the godless.

13Such are the paths of everyone who forgets God— the hope of the godless will be destroyed:

14What they trust in is fragile; what they rely on is a spider's web.

14his confidence is shattered; his trust is in a spider's web.

15They lean on the web, but it gives way; they cling to it, but it does not hold.

15He leans against his house, but it won't stand; he grabs hold of it firmly, but it doesn't last.

16They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;

16He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight, spreading out its branches over its garden.

17it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

17Its roots weave around a pile of stones, seeking to entrench itself among the rocks.

18But when it is torn from its spot, that place disowns it and says, 'I never saw you.'

18If he is uprooted from his place, then it will deny him: 'I never saw you.'

19Surely its life withers away, and from the soil other plants grow.

19"Indeed, this is the benefit of God's way: from the soil other plants will sprout.

20"Surely God does not reject one who is blameless or strengthen the hands of evildoers.

20Surely God won't reject those who are blameless or hold hands with those who practice evil.

21He will yet fill your mouth with laughter and your lips with shouts of joy.

21He will soon fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips will shout with joy.

22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tents of the wicked will be no more."

22Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, and the tent of the wicked will no longer exist.

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