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Job 8:1
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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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Job 8:2
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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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Job 8:3
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Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness?
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Job 8:4
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If thy children have sinned against him, And he hath delivered them into the hand of their transgression;
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Job 8:5
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If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty;
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Job 8:6
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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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Job 8:7
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And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase.
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Job 8:8
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For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, And apply thyself to that which their fathers have searched out:
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Job 8:9
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(For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, Because our days upon earth are a shadow);
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Job 8:10
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Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?
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Job 8:11
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Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?
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Job 8:12
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Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb.
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Job 8:13
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So are the paths of all that forget God; And the hope of the godless man shall perish:
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Job 8:14
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Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.
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Job 8:15
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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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Job 8:16
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He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.
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Job 8:17
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His roots are wrapped about the [stone] -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.
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Job 8:18
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If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.
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Job 8:19
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Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.
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Job 8:20
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Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, Neither will he uphold the evil-doers.
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Job 8:21
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He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting.
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Job 8:22
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They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; And the tent of the wicked shall be no more.
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