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8:1  1 Bildad showeth that Job is a sinner, because that God punisheth the wicked, and preserveth the good. Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
8:2  How long wilt thou talk of these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be as a mighty wind?
8:3  Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty subvert justice?
8:4  If thy sons have sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquity,
8:5  Yet if thou wilt early seek unto God, and pray to the Almighty,
8:6  If thou be pure and upright, then surely he will awake up unto thee, and he will make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
8:7  And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter end shall greatly increase.
8:8  Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to search of their fathers.
8:9  (For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our days upon earth are but a shadow)
8:10  Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and utter the words of their heart?
8:11  Can a rush grow without mire? or can the grass grow without water?
8:12  Though it were in green and not cut down, yet shall it wither before any other herb.
8:13  So are the paths of all that forget God, and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish.
8:14  His confidence also shall be cut off, and his trust shall be as the house of a spider.
8:15  He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.
8:16  The tree is green before the Sun, and the branches spread over the garden thereof.
8:17  The roots thereof are wrapped about the fountain, and are folded about the house of stones.
8:18  If any pluck it from his place, and it deny, saying, I have not seen thee,
8:19  Behold, it will rejoice by this means, that it may grow in another mold.
8:20  Behold, God will not cast away an upright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
8:21  Till he have filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lips with joy.
8:22  They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remain.