| 1 | Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, |
| 2 | How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind? |
| 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 betimes, 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 enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search 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 flag 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: |
| 14 | Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider's web. |
| 15 | He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure. |
| 16 | He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. |
| 17 | His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones. |
| 18 | If he destroy him from his place, then [it] shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee. |
| 19 | Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. |
| 20 | Behold, God will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he help the evil doers: |
| 21 | Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. |
| 22 | They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. |
