Job 8:1 (ASV)
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Job 8:2 (ASV)
How long wilt thou speak these things? And `how long' shall the words of thy mouth be `like' a mighty wind?

Job 8:3 (ASV)
Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?

Job 8:4 (ASV)
If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;

Job 8:5 (ASV)
If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;

Job 8:6 (ASV)
If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

Job 8:7 (ASV)
And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.

Job 8:8 (ASV)
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:

Job 8:9 (ASV)
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);

Job 8:10 (ASV)
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?

Job 8:11 (ASV)
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?

Job 8:12 (ASV)
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, `and' not cut down, It withereth before any `other' herb.

Job 8:13 (ASV)
So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:

Job 8:14 (ASV)
Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.

Job 8:15 (ASV)
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

Job 8:16 (ASV)
He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

Job 8:17 (ASV)
His roots are wrapped about the `stone' -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

Job 8:18 (ASV)
If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, `saying', I have not seen thee.

Job 8:19 (ASV)
Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.

Job 8:20 (ASV)
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.

Job 8:21 (ASV)
He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.

Job 8:22 (ASV)
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
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