VIII. 1909-14. The Book of Job. The Harvard Classics

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The Book of Job.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

VIII


[1]	THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
[2]	How long wilt thou speak these things? And how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a mighty wind?
[3]	Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?
[4]	If 1 thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;
[5]	If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
[6]	If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
[7]	And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.

[8]	For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out
[9]	(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);
[10]	Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?

[11]	Can the rush 2 grow up without mire? Can the flag 3 grow without water?
[12]	Whilst it is yet in its greenness, and not cut down, It withereth before any other herb.
[13]	So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
[14]	Whose confidence shall break 4 in sunder, And whose trust is a spider’s web. 5
[15]	He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.
[16]	He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.
[17]	His roots are wrapped about 6 the stone-heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.
[18]	If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
[19]	Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth 7 shall others spring.
[20]	Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
[21]	He 8 will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.
[22]	They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.

Note 1. Or, If thy children sinned … he delivered &c. [back]

Note 2. Or, papyrus. [back]

Note 3. Or, reed-grass. [back]

Note 4. Or, be cut off. [back]

Note 5. Heb. house. [back]

Note 6. Or, beside the spring. [back]

Note 7. Or, dust. [back]

Note 8. Or, Till he fill. [back]

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