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Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

"How long will you say these things, And the words of your mouth be a mighty wind?

How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?

"Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?

Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

"If your sons sinned against Him, Then He turned them over to the power of their wrongdoing.

If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

"If you will search for God And implore the compassion of the Almighty,

If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

If you are pure and upright, Surely now He will stir Himself for you And restore your righteous estate.

If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

"Though your beginning was insignificant, Yet your end will increase greatly.

Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.