1. Then Bildad from Shuah replied ⌊to Job⌋,
2. “How long will you say these things?How long will your words be so windy?
3. Does God distort justice,or does the Almighty distort righteousness?
4. If your children sinned against him,he allowed them to suffer the consequences of their sinfulness.
5. If you search for Godand plead for mercy from the Almighty,
6. if you are moral and ethical,then he will rise up on your behalfand prove your righteousness by rebuilding your home.
7. Then what you had in the past will seem smallcompared with the great prosperity you’ll have in the future.
8. “Ask the people of past generations.Find out what their ancestors had learned.
9. We have only been around since yesterday, and we know nothing.Our days on earth are only a fleeting shadow.
10. Won’t their words teach you?Won’t they share their thoughts with you?
11. “Can papyrus grow up where there is no swamp?Can rushes grow tall without water?
12. Even if they were fresh and not cut,they would wither quicker than grass.