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Bildad’s Third Response to Job

25Then Bildad the Shuhite replied.H6030H1085H7747H559 2"God is powerful and dreadful. He enforces peace in the heavens.H4910H6343H6213H7965H4791 3Who is able to count his heavenly army? Doesn't his light shine on all the earth?H3426H4557H1416H216H6965 4How can a mortal be innocent before God? Can anyone born of a woman be pure?H582H6663H410H2135H3205H802 5God is more glorious than the moon; he shines brighter than the stars.H3394H166H3556H2141H5869 6In comparison, people are maggots; we mortals are mere worms."H582H7415H1121H120H8438

Job’s Ninth Speech: A Response to Bildad

26Then Job spoke again.H347H6030H559 2"How you have helped the powerless! How you have saved the weak!H5826H3581H3467H2220H3808H5797 3How you have enlightened my stupidity! What wise advice you have offered!H3289H3808H2451H7230H3045H8454 4Where have you gotten all these wise sayings? Whose spirit speaks through you?H5046H4405H5397H3318 5"The dead tremble—those who live beneath the waters.H7496H2342H4325H7931 6The underworldc is naked in God's presence. The place of destruction is uncovered.H7585H6174H11H3682 7God stretches the northern sky over empty space and hangs the earth on nothing.H5186H6828H8414H8518H776H1099 8He wraps the rain in his thick clouds, and the clouds don't burst with the weight.H6887H4325H5645H6051H1234 9He covers the face of the moonc, shrouding it with his clouds.H270H6440H3678H6576H6051 10He created the horizon when he separated the waters; he set the boundary between day and night.H2328H6440H4325H2706H216H2822H8503 11The foundations of heaven tremble; they shudder at his rebuke.H5982H8064H7322H8539H1606 12By his power the sea grew calm. By his skill he crushed the great sea monsterc.H7280H3220H3581H8394H8394H4272H7293 13His Spirit made the heavens beautiful, and his power pierced the gliding serpent.H7307H8235H8064H3027H2342H1281H5175 14These are just the beginning of all that he does, merely a whisper of his power. Who, then, can comprehend the thunder of his power?"H7098H1870H8102H1697H8085H7482H1369H995

Job’s Final Speech

27Job continued speaking.H347H3254H5375H4912H559 2I vow by the living God, who has taken away my rights, by the Almighty who has embittered my soul—H410H2416H5493H4941H7706H4843H5315 3As long as I live, while I have breath from God,H5750H5397H7307H433H639 4my lips will speak no evil, and my tongue will speak no lies.H8193H1696H5766H3956H1897H7423 5I will never concede that you are right; I will defend my integrity until I die.H2486H6663H1478H5493H8538 6I will maintain my innocence without wavering. My conscience is clear for as long as I live.H6666H2388H7503H3824H2778H3117 7"May my enemy be punished like the wicked, my adversary like those who do evil.H341H7563H6965H5767 8For what hope do the godless have when God cuts them off and takes away their life?H8615H2611H1214H433H7953H5315 9Will God listen to their cry when trouble comes upon them?H410H8085H6818H6869H935 10Can they take delight in the Almighty? Can they call to God at any time?H6026H7706H6256H7121H433 11I will teach you about God's power. I will not conceal anything concerning the Almighty.H3384H3027H410H7706H3582 12But you have seen all this, yet you say all these useless things to me.H2372H1892H1891 13"This is what the wicked will receive from God; this is their inheritance from the Almighty.H2506H7563H120H410H5159H6184H3947H7706 14They may have many children, but the children will die in war or starve to death.H1121H7235H3926H2719H6631H7646H3899 15Those who survive will die of a plague, and not even their widows will mourn them.H8300H6912H4194H490H1058 16"Evil people may have piles of money and may store away mounds of clothing.H6651H3701H6083H3559H4403H2563 17But the righteous will wear that clothing, and the innocent will divide that money.H3559H6662H3847H5355H2505H3701 18The wicked build houses as fragile as a spider's webc, as flimsy as a shelter made of branches.H1129H1004H6211H5521H5341H6213 19The wicked go to bed rich but wake to find that all their wealth is gone.H6223H7901H622H6491H5869 20Terror overwhelms them like a flood, and they are blown away in the storms of the night.H1091H5381H4325H5492H1589H3915 21The east wind carries them away, and they are gone. It sweeps them away.H6921H5375H3212H8175H4725 22It whirls down on them without mercy. They struggle to flee from its power.H7993H2550H1272H1272H3027 23But everyone jeers at them and mocks them.H5606H3709H8319H4725

Job Speaks of Wisdom and Understanding

28"People know where to mine silver and how to refine gold.H3426H4161H3701H4725H2091H2212 2They know where to dig iron from the earth and how to smelt copper from rock.H1270H3947H6083H5154H6694H68 3They know how to shine light in the darkness and explore the farthest regions of the earth as they search in the dark for ore.H7760H7093H2822H2713H8503H68H652H6757 4They sink a mine shaft into the earth far from where anyone lives. They descend on ropes, swinging back and forth.H5158H6555H1481H7911H7272H1809H5128H582 5Food is grown on the earth above, but down below, the earth is melted as by fire.H776H3318H3899H2015H784 6Here the rocks contain precious lapis lazuli, and the dust contains gold.H68H4725H5601H6083H2091 7These are treasures no bird of prey can see, no falcon's eye observe.H5410H5861H3045H344H5869H7805 8No wild animal has walked upon these treasures; no lion has ever set his paw there.H7830H1121H1869H7826H5710 9People know how to tear apart flinty rocks and overturn the roots of mountains.H7971H3027H2496H2015H2022H8328 10They cut tunnels in the rocks and uncover precious stones.H1234H2975H6697H5869H7200H3366 11They dam up the trickling streams and bring to light the hidden treasures.H2280H5104H1065H8587H3318H216 12"But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?H370H2451H4672H4725H998 13No one knows where to find it, for it is not found among the living.H582H3045H6187H4672H776H2416 14'It is not here,' says the ocean.'Nor is it here,' says the sea.H8415H559H3220H559 15It cannot be bought with gold. It cannot be purchased with silver.H5414H5458H3701H8254H4242 16It's worth more than all the gold of Ophir, greater than precious onyx or lapis lazuli.H5541H3800H211H3368H7718H5601 17Wisdom is more valuable than gold and crystal. It cannot be purchased with jewels mounted in fine gold.H2091H2137H6186H8545H3627H6337 18Coral and jasper are worthless in trying to get it. The price of wisdom is far above rubies.H2142H7215H1378H4901H2451H6443 19Precious peridot from Ethiopiac cannot be exchanged for it. It's worth more than the purest gold.H6357H3568H6186H5541H2889H3800 20"But do people know where to find wisdom? Where can they find understanding?H370H935H2451H4725H998 21It is hidden from the eyes of all humanity. Even the sharp-eyed birds in the sky cannot discover it.H5956H5869H2416H5641H5775H8064 22Destructionc and Death say, 'We've heard only rumors of where wisdom can be found.'H11H4194H559H8085H8088H241 23"God alone understands the way to wisdom; he knows where it can be found,H430H995H1870H3045H4725 24for he looks throughout the whole earth and sees everything under the heavens.H5027H7098H776H7200H8064 25He decided how hard the winds should blow and how much rain should fall.H6213H4948H7307H8505H4325H4060 26He made the laws for the rain and laid out a path for the lightning.H6213H2706H4306H1870H2385H6963 27Then he saw wisdom and evaluated it. He set it in place and examined it thoroughly.H7200H5608H3559H2713 28And this is what he says to all humanity: 'The fear of the Lord is true wisdom; to forsake evil is real understanding.'"H120H559H3374H136H2451H5493H7451H998

Job Speaks of His Former Blessings

29Job continued speaking.H347H3254H5375H4912H559 2"I long for the years gone by when God took care of me,H5414H3391H6924H3117H433H8104 3when he lit up the way before me and I walked safely through the darkness.H5216H1984H7218H216H3212H2822 4When I was in my prime, God's friendship was felt in my home.H3117H2779H5475H433H168 5The Almighty was still with me, and my children were around me.H7706H5288H5439 6My cows produced milk in abundance, and my groves poured out streams of olive oil.H7364H1978H2529H6697H6694H6388H8081 7"Those were the days when I went to the city gate and took my place among the honored leaders.H3318H8179H7176H3559H4186H7339 8The young stepped aside when they saw me, and even the aged rose in respect at my coming.H5288H7200H2244H3453H6965H5975 9The princes stood in silence and put their hands over their mouths.H8269H6113H4405H7760H3709H6310 10The highest officials of the city stood quietly, holding their tongues in respect.H5057H2244H6963H3956H1692H2441 11"All who heard me praised me. All who saw me spoke well of me.H241H8085H833H5869H7200H5749 12For I assisted the poor in their need and the orphans who required help.H4422H6041H7768H3490H5826 13I helped those without hope, and they blessed me. And I caused the widows' hearts to sing for joy.H1293H6H935H490H3820H7442 14Everything I did was honest. Righteousness covered me like a robe, and I wore justice like a turban.H3847H6664H3847H4941H4598H6797 15I served as eyes for the blind and feet for the lame.H5869H5787H7272H6455 16I was a father to the poor and assisted strangers who needed help.H1H34H7379H3045H2713 17I broke the jaws of godless oppressors and plucked their victims from their teeth.H7665H4973H5767H7993H2964H8127 18"I thought, 'Surely I will die surrounded by my family after a long, good lifec.H559H1478H7064H7235H3117H2344 19For I am like a tree whose roots reach the water, whose branches are refreshed with the dew.H8328H6605H4325H2919H3885H7105 20New honors are constantly bestowed on me, and my strength is continually renewed.'H3519H2319H5978H7198H2498H3027 21"Everyone listened to my advice. They were silent as they waited for me to speak.H8085H3176H1826H3926H6098 22And after I spoke, they had nothing to add, for my counsel satisfied them.H310H1697H8138H4405H5197 23They longed for me to speak as people long for rain. They drank my words like a refreshing spring rain.H3176H4306H6473H6310H4456 24When they were discouraged, I smiled at them. My look of approval was precious to them.H7832H539H216H6440H5307 25Like a chief, I told them what to do. I lived like a king among his troops and comforted those who mourned.H977H1870H3427H7218H7931H4428H1416H5162H57

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