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| | Job 8:1 | Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
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| | Job 8:2 | "How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?
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| | Job 8:3 | "Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?
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| | Job 8:4 | "If your sons sinned against Him, Then He delivered them into the power of their transgression.
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| | Job 8:5 | "If you would seek God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,
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| | Job 8:6 | If you are pure and upright, Surely now He would rouse Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.
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| | Job 8:7 | "Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.
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| | Job 8:8 | "Please inquire of past generations, And consider the things searched out by their fathers.
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| | Job 8:9 | "For we are only of yesterday and know nothing, Because our days on earth are as a shadow.
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| | Job 8:10 | "Will they not teach you and tell you, And bring forth words from their minds?
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| | Job 8:11 | "Can the papyrus grow up without a marsh? Can the rushes grow without water?
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| | Job 8:12 | "While it is still green and not cut down, Yet it withers before any other plant.
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| | Job 8:13 | "So are the paths of all who forget God; And the hope of the godless will perish,
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| | Job 8:14 | Whose confidence is fragile, And whose trust a spider's web.
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| | Job 8:15 | "He trusts in his house, but it does not stand; He holds fast to it, but it does not endure.
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| | Job 8:16 | "He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.
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| | Job 8:17 | "His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.
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| | Job 8:18 | "If he is removed from his place, Then it will deny him, saying, 'I never saw you.'
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| | Job 8:19 | "Behold, this is the joy of His way; And out of the dust others will spring.
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| | Job 8:20 | "Lo, God will not reject a man of integrity, Nor will He support the evildoers.
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| | Job 8:21 | "He will yet fill your mouth with laughter And your lips with shouting.
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| | Job 8:22 | "Those who hate you will be clothed with shame, And the tent of the wicked will be no longer."
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| Scripture quotations taken from the NASB. |
