Dual Panel1Then Bildad <01085> the Shuhite <07747> spoke up <06030> and said <0559>:
2“How long <0575> will you speak <04448> these <0428> things, seeing that the words <0561> of your mouth <06310> are like a great <03524> wind <07307>?
3Does God <0410> pervert <05791> justice <04941>? Or <0518> does the Almighty <07706> pervert <05791> what is right <06664>?
4If <0518> your children <01121> sinned <02398> against him, he gave <07971> them over to the penalty <03027> of their sin <06588>.
5But if <0518> you <0859> will look <07836> to <0413> God <0410>, and make <02603> your supplication <02603> to <0413> the Almighty <07706>,
6if <0518> you become pure <02134> and upright <03477>, even <03588> now <06258> he will rouse <05782> himself for <05921> you <0859>, and will restore <07999> your righteous <06664> abode <05116>.
7Your beginning <07225> will seem <01961> so small <04705>, since your future <0319> will flourish <03966> <07685>.
8“For <03588> inquire <07592> now <04994> of the former <07223> generation <01755>, and pay attention <03559> to the findings <02714> of their ancestors <01>;
9For <03588> we <0587> were born yesterday <08543> and do not <03808> have knowledge <03045>, since <03588> our days <03117> on <05921> earth <0776> are but a shadow <06738>.
10Will they <01992> not <03808> instruct <03384> you and speak <0559> to you, and bring forth <03318> words <04405> from their understanding <03820>?
11Can the papyrus plant <01573> grow tall <01342> where there is no <03808> marsh <01207>? Can reeds <0260> flourish <07685> without <01097> water <04325>?
12While they are still <05750> beginning to flower <03> and not <03808> ripe <06998> for cutting <06998>, they can wither <03001> away faster than any <03605> grass <02682>!
13Such is <03651> the destiny <0734> of all <03605> who forget <07911> God <0410>; the hope <08615> of the godless <02611> perishes <06>,
14whose <0834> trust <03689> is in something futile <06990>, whose security <04009> is a spider’s <05908> web <01004>.
15He leans <08172> against <05921> his house <01004> but it does not <03808> hold up <05975>, he takes hold <02388> of it but it does not <03808> stand <06965>.
16He is a well-watered <07373> plant in the sun <08121>, its shoots <03127> spread <03318> over its garden <01593>.
17It wraps <05440> its roots <08328> around <05921> a heap <01530> of stones and it looks <02372> for a place <01004> among stones <068>.
18If <0518> he is uprooted <01104> from his place, then that place <04725> will disown <03584> him, saying, ‘I have never <03808> seen <07200> you!’
19Indeed <02005>, this <01931> is the joy <04885> of his way <01870>, and out of the earth <06083> others <0312> spring up <06779>.
20“Surely <02005>, God <0410> does not <03808> reject <03988> a blameless <08535> man, nor <03808> does he grasp <02388> the hand <03027> of the evildoers <07489>.
21He will yet <05704> fill <04390> your mouth <06310> with laughter <07814>, and your lips <08193> with gladness <08643>.
22Those who hate <08130> you will be clothed <03847> with shame <01322>, and the tent <0168> of the wicked <07563> will be no more <0369>.”