1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2How long wilt thou speak these [things]? and [how long shall] the words of thy mouth [be like] a strong wind?

3Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?

4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;

5If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;

6If thou [wert] pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

7Though thy beginning was small, yet thy latter end should greatly increase.

8For inquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: