18:008:001 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
18:008:002 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the
words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
18:008:003 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert
justice?
18:008:004 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them
away for their transgression;
18:008:005 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy
supplication to the Almighty;
18:008:006 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for
thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
18:008:007 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should
greatly increase.
18:008:008 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare
thyself to the search of their fathers:
18:008:009 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our
days upon earth are a shadow:)
18:008:010 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out
of their heart?
18:008:011 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without
water?
18:008:012 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it
withereth before any other herb.
18:008:013 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's
hope shall perish:
18:008:014 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a
spider's web.
18:008:015 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall
hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
18:008:016 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in
his garden.
18:008:017 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of
stones.
18:008:018 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him,
saying, I have not seen thee.
18:008:019 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall
others grow.
18:008:020 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he
help the evil doers:
18:008:021 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with
rejoicing.
18:008:022 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the
dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.