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.
Brethren, even if a man be overtaken {Or, by}in any trespass, ye who are spiritual, restore such a one in a spirit of gentleness; looking to thyself, lest thou also be tempted.
Bear ye one another's burdens, and so fulfil the law of Christ.
For if a man thinketh himself to be something when he is nothing, he deceiveth himself.
But let each man prove his own work, and then shall he have his glorying in regard of himself alone, and not of {Greek: the other. See Romans 13:8.}his neighbor.
For each man shall bear his own {Or, load}burden.
But let him that is taught in the word communicate unto him that teacheth in all good things.
Be not deceived; God is not mocked: for whatsoever a man soweth, that shall he also reap.
For he that soweth unto his own flesh shall of the flesh reap corruption; but he that soweth unto the Spirit shall of the Spirit reap eternal life.
And let us not be weary in well-doing: for in due season we shall reap, if we faint not.
So then, {Or, while}as we have opportunity, let us work that which is good toward all men, and especially toward them that are of the household of the faith.
See with how large letters I {Or, have written}write unto you with mine own hand.
As many as desire to make a fair show in the flesh, they compel you to be circumcised; only that they may not be persecuted {Or, by reason of}for the cross of Christ.
For not even they who {Some ancient authorities read have been circumcised.}receive circumcision do themselves keep the law; but they desire to have you circumcised, that they may glory in your flesh.
But far be it from me to glory, save in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, through {Or, whom}which the world hath been crucified unto me, and I unto the world.
For neither is circumcision anything, nor uncircumcision, but a new {Or, creation}creature.
And as many as shall walk by this rule, peace be upon them, and mercy, and upon the Israel of God.
Henceforth let no man trouble me; for I bear branded on my body the marks of Jesus.
The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ be with your spirit, brethren. Amen.
And Jehovah said unto Satan, Hast thou considered my servant Job? {Or, that}for there is none like him in the earth, a perfect and an upright man, one that feareth God, and turneth away from evil: and he still holdeth fast his integrity, although thou movedst me against him, {Hebrew: to swallow him up.}to destroy him without cause.