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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 strong wind? |
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Job 8:3 |
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Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty
pervert justice? |
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Job 8:4 |
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If thy children have sinned against him, and
he have cast them away for their transgression; |
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Job 8:5 |
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If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, 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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Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter
end should greatly increase. |
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Job 8:8 |
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For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age,
and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: |
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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 his 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 hypocrite's hope shall perish: |
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Job 8:14 |
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Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust
shall be 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 it fast, but it shall not endure. |
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Job 8:16 |
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He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth
forth in his garden. |
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Job 8:17 |
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His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth
the place of stones. |
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Job 8:18 |
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If he destroy him 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 grow. |
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Job 8:20 |
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Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man,
neither will he help the evil doers: |
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Job 8:21 |
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Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy
lips with rejoicing. |
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Job 8:22 |
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They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame;
and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought. |
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