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  8:1 ¶
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, |
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8:1 ¶
Then answeredºº
Bildadº
the Shuhite,º
and said,ºº |
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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 mighty wind? |
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8:2
Howº
longºº
wilt thou speakºº
theseº
[things]? and [how long shall] the wordsº
of thy mouthº
[be like] a strongº
wind?º |
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8:3
Doth God pervert justice? Or doth the Almighty pervert righteousness? |
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8:3
Doth Godº
pervertºº
judgment?º
orº
doth the Almightyº
pervertºº
justice?º |
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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
Ifº
thy childrenº
have sinnedºº
against him, and he have cast them awayºº
forº
their transgression;º |
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8:5
If thou wouldest seek diligently unto God, And make thy supplication to the Almighty; |
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8:5
Ifº
thouº
wouldest seekºº
unto Godº
betimes,ºººº
and make thy supplicationºº
toº
the Almighty;º |
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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
Ifº
thouº
[wert] pureº
and upright;º
surelyº
nowº
he would awakeºº
forº
thee, and make the habitationº
of thy righteousnessº
prosperous.ºº |
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8:7
And though thy beginning was small, Yet thy latter end would greatly increase. |
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8:7
Though thy beginningº
wasº
small,º
yet thy latter endº
should greatlyº
increase.ºº |
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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
Forº
enquire,ºº
I pray thee,º
of the formerºº
age,º
and prepareºº
thyself to the searchº
of their fathers:º |
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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
(Forº
weº
[are but of] yesterday,º
and knowºº
nothing,º
becauseº
our daysº
uponº
earthº
[are] a shadow:)º |
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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 notº
theyº
teachºº
thee, [and] tellºº
thee, and utterºº
wordsº
out of their heart?ºº |
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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 rushº
grow upºº
withoutº
mire?º
canºº
the flagº
growºº
withoutº
water?º |
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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] yetº
in his greenness,º
[and] notº
cut down,ºº
it witherethºº
beforeº
anyº
[other] herb.º |
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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
Soº
[are] the pathsº
of allº
that forgetºº
God;º
and the hypocrite'sº
hopeº
shall perish:ºº |
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8:14
Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web. |
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8:14
Whoseº
hopeº
shall be cut off,ºº
and whose trustº
[shall be] a spider'sº
web.º |
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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 leanºº
uponº
his house,º
but it shall notº
stand:ºº
he shall holdºº
it fast,º
but it shall notº
endure.ºº |
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8:16
He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden. |
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8:16
Heº
[is] greenº
beforeº
the sun,º
and his branchº
shooteth forthºº
inº
his garden.º |
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8:17
His roots are wrapped about the [stone]-heap, He beholdeth the place of stones. |
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8:17
His rootsº
are wrappedº
aboutººº
the heap,º
[and] seethºº
the placeº
of stones.º |
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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
Ifº
he destroyºº
him from his place,ºº
then [it] shall denyºº
him, [saying], I have notº
seenºº
thee. |
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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,º
thisº
[is] the joyº
of his way,º
and out of the earthºº
shall othersº
grow.ºº |
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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,º
Godº
will notº
cast awayºº
a perfectº
[man], neitherº
will he helpººº
the evil doers:ºº |
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8:21
He will yet fill thy mouth with laughter, And thy lips with shouting. |
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8:21
Tillº
he fillºº
thy mouthº
with laughing,º
and thy lipsº
with rejoicing.º |
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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 hateºº
thee shall be clothedºº
with shame;º
and the dwellingº
placeº
of the wickedº
shall come to nought.º |
