1. And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2. How long wilt thou speak these things? and the words of thy mouth be a strong wind?
3. Doth ·God pervert judgment, and the Almighty pervert justice?
4. If thy children have sinned against him, he hath also given them over into the hand of their transgression.
5. If thou seek earnestly unto ·God and make thy supplication to the Almighty,
6. If thou be pure and upright, surely now he will awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous;
7. And though thy beginning was small, yet thine end shall be very great.
8. For inquire, I pray thee, of the former generation, and attend to the researches of their fathers;
9. For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, for our days upon earth are a shadow.
10. Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11. Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?