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  8:1 ¶
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, |
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8:1 ¶
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, |
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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? |
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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? |
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8:3
Doth El pervert judgment? or doth Shaddai pervert justice? |
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8:3
Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice? |
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8:4
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; |
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8:4
If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression; |
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8:5
If thou wouldest seek unto El betimes, and make thy supplication to Shaddai; |
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8:5
If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty; |
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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. |
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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. |
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8:7
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. |
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8:7
Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase. |
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8:8
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: |
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8:8
For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: |
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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:) |
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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? |
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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? |
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8:12
Whilst it [is] yet in his 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. |
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8:13
So [are] the paths of all that forget El; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: |
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8:13
So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish: |
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8:14
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] 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. |
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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. |
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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. |
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8:16
He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. |
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8:16
He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. |
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8:17
His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones. |
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8:17
His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones. |
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8:18
If he destroy him 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. |
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8:19
Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. |
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8:19
Behold, this [is] the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow. |
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8:20
Behold, El will not cast away a perfect [man], neither will he help 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: |
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8:21
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. |
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8:21
Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing. |
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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. |
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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. |
