Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?
3 Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?
4 If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
5 If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;
6 If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
7 Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers:
9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)
10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
21 Till he fill thy mouth with laughing, and thy lips with rejoicing.
22 They that hate thee shall be clothed with shame; and the dwelling place of the wicked shall come to nought.
1Afei Bildad, Suani no, buaeɛ kaa sɛ,Under pastoral review
2Ɛnkɔsi da bɛn na wobɛka saa nsɛm yi? na ɛnkɔsi da bɛn na w'anom nsɛm bɛyɛ sɛ mframa a ano yɛ den?Under pastoral review
3Onyankopɔn kyea atemmuo anaa? anaasɛ Otumfoɔ Panin kyea tenenee anaa?Under pastoral review
4Sɛ wo mma ayɛ bɔne atia no, na wato wɔn atwene wɔ wɔn mmaratoɔ enti a;Under pastoral review
5Sɛ wobɛhwehwɛ Onyankopɔn ntɛm, na wobɔ wo nkotosrɛ akyerɛ Otumfoɔ Panin a;Under pastoral review
6Sɛ wo ho tew na wotene a; nokorɛm afei anka ɔbɛnyane ama wo, na wama wo tenenee atenaeɛ ayɛ yie.Under pastoral review
7Ɛwom sɛ wo mfitiaseɛ yɛ ketewa deɛ, nanso w'awieeɛ bɛdɔre yie.Under pastoral review
8Mesrɛ wo, bisa tete awoɔ ntoatoasoɔ, na siesie wo ho ma wɔn agyanom mu nhwehwɛmu:Under pastoral review
9(Efisɛ yɛyɛ nnora mma, na yɛnnim hwee, efisɛ yɛn nna a ɛwɔ asase so yɛ sunsuma:)Under pastoral review
10Wɔrenkyerɛkyerɛ wo, na wɔrenka nkyerɛ wo, na wɔrenyi nsɛm mfiri wɔn akoma mu anaa?Under pastoral review
11Demmire bɛtumi anyini a atɛkyɛ nni hɔ anaa? sare bɛtumi anyini a nsuo nni hɔ anaa?Under pastoral review
12Ɛberɛ a ɛda so yɛ mono, na wontwaa no, ɛwu ansa na afifideɛ foforɔ biara awu.Under pastoral review
13Saa ara na wɔn a wɔn werɛ firi Onyankopɔn nyinaa akwan teɛ; na nyaatwomni anidasoɔ bɛyera:Under pastoral review
14Deɛ wɔbɛtwa n'anidasoɔ mu, na n'ahotosoɔ bɛyɛ ananse ntontan.Under pastoral review
15Ɔbɛtwere ne fie, nanso ɛrennyina: ɔbɛsɔ mu denden, nanso ɛrennyina hɔ.Under pastoral review
16Ɔyɛ mono wɔ owia anim, na ne mman pue wɔ ne turo mu.Under pastoral review
17Ne ntini kyekyere aboɔ esie no ho, na ɛhunu aboɔ siberɛ.Under pastoral review
18Sɛ ɔsɛe no firi ne siberɛ a, ɛnneɛ ɛbɛpo no, sɛ, Menhunuu wo da.Under pastoral review
19Hwɛ, yei ne ne kwan mu anigyeɛ, na afoforɔ bɛfifiri afiri asase mu.Under pastoral review
20Hwɛ, Onyankopɔn rento onipa a ɔyɛ pɛ ntwene, na ɔremmoa abɔnefoɔ:Under pastoral review
21Kɔsi sɛ ɔde sereɛ bɛhyɛ w'anom ma, na ɔde ahurusie ahyɛ w'anofafa ma.Under pastoral review
22Wɔn a wɔtan wo bɛfira animguaseɛ; na adebɔneyɛfoɔ atenaeɛ bɛyɛ hwee.Under pastoral review