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\c 8
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\v 1 Then Bildad, from the Shuah area, spoke to Job. He said,
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\v 2 "Job, how much longer will you talk like this?
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\q2 What you say is as useless as a big wind.
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\v 3 Almighty God certainly never does anything unfairly.
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\q2 He always does what is right.
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\q1
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\v 4 Your children have sinned against him;
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\q2 this is evident because he has punished them for those evil things.
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\q1
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\v 5 But now, if only you will earnestly request Almighty God to help you!
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\v 6 If only you were pure and honest!
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\q2 Then he will surely do something good for you
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\q2 and reward you by giving your family back to you and making you prosper.
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\v 7 Even though you were not very prosperous before,
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\q2 during the last stage of your life you would become very wealthy.
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\q1
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\v 8 I request you to think about what happened long ago
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\q2 and to consider what our ancestors found out.
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\v 9 It seems as though we were born only yesterday
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\q2 and we know very little;
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\q1 our time here on the earth disappears quickly, like a shadow that is here and then gone.
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\v 10 So why not allow your ancestors to teach you anything?
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\q2 Let them tell you what they learned!
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\v 11 Papyrus certainly does not grow away from marshland;
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\q2 reeds certainly cannot grow where there is no water.
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\v 12 If the water dries up while they are blossoming,
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\q2 they wither more quickly than any other plant.
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\v 13 Those who do not pay attention to what God says are like those reeds;
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\q2 godless people stop confidently expecting that good things will happen to them.
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\v 14 The things they confidently expect to happen do not happen;
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\q2 things they trust will help them are as weak as a spider's web.
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\v 15 If they think they will be safe because they are wealthy, they will not be safe;
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\q2 the things they think will keep them safe--those things will disappear.
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\v 16 Godless people are like plants that are watered before the sun rises:
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\q2 their shoots spread all over the gardens.
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\v 17 The roots of those plants twist around the piles of stones
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\q2 and cling tightly to the rocks.
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\v 18 But if a gardener pulls those plants out,
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\q2 it is as though the place where they were planted says, 'They were never here!'
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\q2 That is what happens to wicked people who do not pay attention to what God says.
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\v 19 Truly, this is all the joy that evil people have:
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\q2 other people just come and take their places.
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\v 20 So, I tell you, Job, God will not reject you if you honor him,
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\q2 but he does not help evil people.
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\v 21 He will always enable you to laugh
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\q2 and to
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shout joyfully.
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\v 22 But those who hate you will be very ashamed,
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\q2 and the homes of wicked people will disappear."
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