Dual Panel1Then answered <06030> (8799) Bildad <01085> the Shuhite <07747>_, and said <0559> (8799)_,
2How <0575> long <05704> wilt thou speak <04448> (8762) these [things]? and [how long shall] the words <0561> of thy mouth <06310> [be like] a strong <03524> wind <07307>_?
3Doth God <0410> pervert <05791> (8762) judgment <04941>_? or doth the Almighty <07706> pervert <05791> (8762) justice <06664>_?
4If thy children <01121> have sinned <02398> (8804) against him, and he have cast them away <07971> (8762) for <03027> their transgression <06588>_; {for...: Heb. in the hand of their transgression}
5If thou wouldest seek <07836> (0) unto God <0410> betimes <07836> (8762)_, and make thy supplication <02603> (8691) to the Almighty <07706>_;
6If thou [wert] pure <02134> and upright <03477>_; surely now he would awake <05782> (8686) for thee, and make the habitation <05116> of thy righteousness <06664> prosperous <07999> (8765)_.
7Though thy beginning <07225> was small <04705>_, yet thy latter end <0319> should greatly <03966> increase <07685> (8799)_.
8For enquire <07592> (8798)_, I pray thee, of the former <07223> (8675) <07223> age <01755>_, and prepare <03559> (8786) thyself to the search <02714> of their fathers <01>_:
9(For we [are but of] yesterday <08543>_, and know <03045> (8799) nothing, because our days <03117> upon earth <0776> [are] a shadow <06738>:) {nothing: Heb. not}
10Shall not they teach <03384> (8686) thee, [and] tell <0559> (8799) thee, and utter <03318> (8686) words <04405> out of their heart <03820>_?
11Can the rush <01573> grow up <01342> (8799) without mire <01207>_? can <07685> (0) the flag <0260> grow <07685> (8799) without <01097> water <04325>_?
12Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness <03>_, [and] not cut down <06998> (8735)_, it withereth <03001> (8799) before <06440> any [other] herb <02682>_.
13So [are] the paths <0734> of all that forget <07911> (8802) God <0410>_; and the hypocrite's <02611> hope <08615> shall perish <06> (8799)_:
14Whose hope <03689> shall be cut off <06990> (8799)_, and whose trust <04009> [shall be] a spider's <05908> web <01004>_. {web: Heb. house}
15He shall lean <08172> (8735) upon his house <01004>_, but it shall not stand <05975> (8799)_: he shall hold <02388> (8686) it fast, but it shall not endure <06965> (8799)_.
16He [is] green <07373> before <06440> the sun <08121>_, and his branch <03127> shooteth forth <03318> (8799) in his garden <01593>_.
17His roots <08328> are wrapped about <05440> (8792) the heap <01530>_, [and] seeth <02372> (8799) the place <01004> of stones <068>_.
18If he destroy <01104> (8762) him from his place <04725>_, then [it] shall deny <03584> (8765) him, [saying], I have not seen <07200> (8804) thee.
19Behold, this [is] the joy <04885> of his way <01870>_, and out of the earth <06083> shall others <0312> grow <06779> (8799)_.
20Behold, God <0410> will not cast away <03988> (8799) a perfect <08535> [man], neither will he help <02388> (8686) <03027> the evil doers <07489> (8688)_: {help...: Heb. take the ungodly by the hand} {come: Heb. shall not be}
21Till he fill <04390> (8762) thy mouth <06310> with laughing <07814>_, and thy lips <08193> with rejoicing <08643>_. {rejoicing: Heb. shouting for joy}
22They that hate <08130> (8802) thee shall be clothed <03847> (8799) with shame <01322>_; and the dwelling <0168> place of the wicked <07563> shall come to nought <0369>_. {shall come...: Heb. shall not be}