1 Then answered 6030 Bildad 1085 the Shuhite 7747, and said 559,
2 How 575 long 5704 wilt thou speak 4448 these things? and how long shall the words 561 of thy mouth 6310 be like a strong 3524 wind 7307?
3 Doth God 410 pervert 5791 judgment 4941? or doth the Almighty 7706 pervert 5791 justice 6664?
4 If thy children 1121 have sinned 2398 against him, and he have cast them away 7971 for 3027 their transgression 6588;
5 If thou wouldest seek 7836 0 unto God 410 betimes 7836, and make thy supplication 2603 to the Almighty 7706;
6 If thou wert pure 2134 and upright 3477; surely now he would awake 5782 for thee, and make the habitation 5116 of thy righteousness 6664 prosperous 7999.
7 Though thy beginning 7225 was small 4705, yet thy latter end 319 should greatly 3966 increase 7685.
8 For enquire 7592, I pray thee, of the former 7223 7223 age 1755, and prepare 3559 thyself to the search 2714 of their fathers 1:
9 (For we are but of yesterday 8543, and know 3045 nothing, because our days 3117 upon earth 776 are a shadow 6738:)
10 Shall not they teach 3384 thee, and tell 559 thee, and utter 3318 words 4405 out of their heart 3820?
11 Can the rush 1573 grow up 1342 without mire 1207? can 7685 0 the flag 260 grow 7685 without 1097 water 4325?
12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness 3, and not cut down 6998, it withereth 3001 before 6440 any other herb 2682.
13 So are the paths 734 of all that forget 7911 God 410; and the hypocrite's 2611 hope 8615 shall perish 6:
14 Whose hope 3689 shall be cut off 6990, and whose trust 4009 shall be a spider's 5908 web 1004.
15 He shall lean 8172 upon his house 1004, but it shall not stand 5975: he shall hold 2388 it fast, but it shall not endure 6965.
16 He is green 7373 before 6440 the sun 8121, and his branch 3127 shooteth forth 3318 in his garden 1593.
17 His roots 8328 are wrapped about 5440 the heap 1530, and seeth 2372 the place 1004 of stones 68.
18 If he destroy 1104 him from his place 4725, then it shall deny 3584 him, saying, I have not seen 7200 thee.
19 Behold, this is the joy 4885 of his way 1870, and out of the earth 6083 shall others 312 grow 6779.
20 Behold, God 410 will not cast away 3988 a perfect 8535 man, neither will he help 2388 3027 the evil doers 7489:
21 Till he fill 4390 thy mouth 6310 with laughing 7814, and thy lips 8193 with rejoicing 8643.
22 They that hate 8130 thee shall be clothed 3847 with shame 1322; and the dwelling 168 place of the wicked 7563 shall come to nought 369.