8:1 ¶
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, |
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8:1 ¶
Then answered°°
Bildad°
the Shuhite,°
and said,°° |
8:2
How long wilt thou speak these things? And [how long] shall the words of thy mouth be [like] a mighty wind? |
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8:2
How°
long°°
wilt thou speak°°
these°
[things]? and [how long shall] the words°
of thy mouth°
[be like] a strong°
wind?° |
8:3
Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness? |
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8:3
Doth God°
pervert°°
judgment?°
or°
doth the Almighty°
pervert°°
justice?° |
8:4
If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression; |
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8:4
If°
thy children°
have sinned°°
against him, and he have cast them away°°
for°
their transgression;° |
8:5
If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty; |
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8:5
If°
thou°
wouldest seek°°
unto God°
betimes,°°°°
and make thy supplication°°
to°
the Almighty;° |
8:6
If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous. |
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8:6
If°
thou°
[wert] pure°
and upright;°
surely°
now°
he would awake°°
for°
thee, and make the habitation°
of thy righteousness°
prosperous.°° |
8:7
And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase. |
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8:7
Though thy beginning°
was°
small,°
yet thy latter end°
should greatly°
increase.°° |
8:8
For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out: |
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8:8
For°
enquire,°°
I pray thee,°
of the former°°
age,°
and prepare°°
thyself to the search°
of their fathers:° |
8:9
(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow); |
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8:9
(For°
we°
[are but of] yesterday,°
and know°°
nothing,°
because°
our days°
upon°
earth°
[are] a shadow:)° |
8:10
Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart? |
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8:10
Shall not°
they°
teach°°
thee, [and] tell°°
thee, and utter°°
words°
out of their heart?°° |
8:11
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water? |
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8:11
Can the rush°
grow up°°
without°
mire?°
can°°
the flag°
grow°°
without°
water?° |
8:12
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb. |
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8:12
Whilst it [is] yet°
in his greenness,°
[and] not°
cut down,°°
it withereth°°
before°
any°
[other] herb.° |
8:13
So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish: |
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8:13
So°
[are] the paths°
of all°
that forget°°
God;°
and the hypocrite's°
hope°
shall perish:°° |
8:14
Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web. |
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8:14
Whose°
hope°
shall be cut off,°°
and whose trust°
[shall be] a spider's°
web.° |
8:15
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure. |
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8:15
He shall lean°°
upon°
his house,°
but it shall not°
stand:°°
he shall hold°°
it fast,°
but it shall not°
endure.°° |
8:16
He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden. |
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8:16
He°
[is] green°
before°
the sun,°
and his branch°
shooteth forth°°
in°
his garden.° |
8:17
His roots are wrapped about the [stone]-heap, He beholdeth the place of stones. |
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8:17
His roots°
are wrapped°
about°°°
the heap,°
[and] seeth°°
the place°
of stones.° |
8:18
If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee. |
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8:18
If°
he destroy°°
him from his place,°°
then [it] shall deny°°
him, [saying], I have not°
seen°°
thee. |
8:19
Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring. |
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8:19
Behold,°
this°
[is] the joy°
of his way,°
and out of the earth°°
shall others°
grow.°° |
8:20
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers. |
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8:20
Behold,°
God°
will not°
cast away°°
a perfect°
[man], neither°
will he help°°°
the evil doers:°° |
8:21
He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting. |
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8:21
Till°
he fill°°
thy mouth°
with laughing,°
and thy lips°
with rejoicing.° |
8:22
They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more. |
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8:22
They that hate°°
thee shall be clothed°°
with shame;°
and the dwelling°
place°
of the wicked°
shall come to nought.° |