 Bildad's First Speech How Long Will You Talk? 1Bildad from
Shuah#8.1 Shuah: See the note at 2.11. said: 2How long will you
talk and keep saying nothing? 3Does God All-Powerful stand in
the way of justice? 4He made your children pay for their sins.
5So why don't you turn to him 6and start living right? Then he
will decide to rescue and restore you to your place of honor.
7Your future will be brighter by far than your past. Our
Ancestors Were Wise 8 # Si 8.9 Our ancestors were wise, so learn
from them. 9Our own time has been short, like a fading shadow,
and we know very little. 10But they will instruct you with great
understanding. 11Papyrus reeds grow healthy only in a swamp,
12and if the water dries up, they die sooner than grass. 13Such
is the hopeless future of all who turn from God 14and trust in
something as frail as a spider's web— 15they take hold and fall
because it's so flimsy. 16Sinful people are like plants with
spreading roots and plenty of sun and water. 17They wrap their
roots tightly around roc