American Standard Version of 1901
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
How long wilt thou speak these things?And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?
Doth God pervert justice?Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?
{Or, If thy children sinned…he delivered &c.}If thy children have sinned against him,And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;
If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God,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.
And though thy beginning was small,Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age,And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out
(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 {Or, papyrus}rush grow up without mire?Can the {Or, reed-grass}flag grow without water?
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down,It withereth before any other herb.
So are the paths of all that forget God;And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
Whose confidence shall {Or, be cut off}break in sunder,And whose trust is a spider's {Hebrew: house.}web.
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand:He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
He is green before the sun,And his shoots go forth over his garden.
His roots are wrapped {Or, beside the spring}about the stone-heap,He beholdeth the place of stones.
If he be destroyed 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 {Or, dust}earth shall others spring.
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man,Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
{Or, Till he fill}He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter,And thy lips with shouting.
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame;And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.