הלא הם יורוך יאמרו לך, את המקובל אצלם, וחוץ מזה עוד מלבם יוציאו מלים להראות לך במשל מטבע הצמחים: Bildad elaborates his theory that compensation and retribution will ultimately be made for the unwarranted suffering of the good and for the equally unwarranted prosperity of the wicked. He illustrates this idea with a metaphor in which the different types of people are compared to different species of plants.