Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?Shall they not teach you, tell you, and utter words out of their heart?Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, And utter words out of their heart?
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… We are short-lived and know nothing because our days on earth are a shadow. will they that is previous generations and all their collective experience will they not teach you and tell you and utter words from their heart can the papyrus grow up without a marsh can the reeds flourish without water while it is yet green and not cut down it withers before any other plant. So are the paths of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish. Great friend, huh? he uses the illustration of river reeds growing in marshes that depend on a source of water. But when it's a dry season and the water dries up, then those things just are gone. likewise job has shriveled up like the marshes because his source of trust is gone he's been trusting the implication is you've been trusting in yourself you hypocrite you're you think you're mr holy mr blameless they don't know that god said he is indeed blameless and perfect and upright. But they knew Job had the reputation and they're saying, oh, you're so perfect, Mr. Perfect. Well, you're not as Mr. Perfect as you think you are. You're really a hypocrite. And your source in which you trust is dried up. So are all those who forget God. …
… out by their fathers. We are only of yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as a shadow. Will they not teach you and tell you and bring forth words from their minds? Bildad, being a traditionalist says because we know nothing by comparison we need to learn from those uh of of our forefathers those in days past go back to the patriarchs and listen to what they would teach us because our lives are so brief and their words linger on through the timelessness of of the uh of the duration of life on this earth, we can, we can draw from that. You know, the tactlessness of Bildad really grates on me. I know he has some strong things he wants to say, but you would think he would, he would say them carefully. He reminds me of a physician I know who, after giving a particular individual a treadmill test and the individual is rather portly and has finished the treadmill test and he's sweating and he's panting and he steps off the treadmill and the doc says, as he looks at the results, not bad for a guy as fat as you are. …
… out by their fathers. We are only of yesterday and know nothing. Our days on earth are as a shadow. Will they not teach you and tell you and bring forth words from their minds? Bildad being a traditionalist says because we know nothing by comparison we need to learn from those of our forefathers those in days past go back to the patriarchs and listen to what they would teach us because our lives are so brief and their words linger on through the timelessness of of the duration of life on this earth, we can draw from that. The tactlessness of Bildad really grates on me. I know he has some strong things he wants to say, but you would think he would say them carefully. He reminds me of a physician I know who, after giving a particular individual a treadmill test and the individual is rather portly and has finished the treadmill test and he's sweating and he's panting and he steps off the treadmill and the doc says as he looks at the results not bad for a guy as fat as you are I mean the guy's done his best to stay on the treadmill and now on top of that he's told he's fat I mean some people have a great grasp of the obvious don't they? Bildad is one of them. Now then, with the whole idea of cause and effect in mind, Bildad addresses the subject of nature, and he says we can learn, you can learn from nature …