The Book of Job, Chapter 8, Verse 6

What [is] man, that thou shouldest magnify him? and that thou shouldest set thine heart upon him?

And [that] thou shouldest visit him every morning, [and] try him every moment?

How long wilt thou not depart from me, nor let me alone till I swallow down my spittle?

I have sinned; what shall I do unto thee, O thou preserver of men? why hast thou set me as a mark against thee, so that I am a burden to myself?

And why dost thou not pardon my transgression, and take away mine iniquity? for now shall I sleep in the dust; and thou shalt seek me in the morning, but I [shall] not [be].

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

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

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

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

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

King James Version

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

American Standard Version

If thou wert pure and upright: Surely now he would awake for thee, And make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.

New English Translation

if you become pure and upright, even now he will rouse himself for you, and will restore your righteous home.

World English Bible

If you were pure and upright, surely now he would awaken for you, and make the habitation of your righteousness prosperous.

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

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

(For we [are but of] yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth [are] a shadow:)

Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

Whilst it [is] yet in his greenness, [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] herb.

So [are] the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:

Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust [shall be] a spider's web.

He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.