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Bildad: Job Should Repent

¹ Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:² “How long will you go on saying such things? The words of your mouth are a blustering wind.³ Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert what is right?⁴ When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.⁵ But if you would earnestly seek God and ask the Almighty for mercy,⁶ if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.⁷ Though your beginnings were modest, your latter days will be full of prosperity.

⁸ Please inquire of past generations and consider the discoveries of their fathers.⁹ For we were born yesterday and know nothing; our days on earth are but a shadow.¹⁰ Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?¹¹ Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?¹² While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.¹³ Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.¹⁴ His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.¹⁵ He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.¹⁶ He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.¹⁷ His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.¹⁸ If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’¹⁹ Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.

²⁰ Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.²¹ He will yet fill your mouth with laughter, and your lips with a shout of joy.²² Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”