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| 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: | 1Bildad from Shuah replied, saying: |
| 2“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. | 2"When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk. |
| 3Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? | 3Why do you think we're like dumb animals? Do you think we're stupid? |
| 4You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? | 4You're tearing yourself to pieces in your anger. Will the land be abandoned because of you, or the rock be moved from its place?" |
| 5“Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. | 5"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine. |
| 6The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. | 6Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him. |
| 7His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down. | 7His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up. |
| 8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. | 8"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network! |
| 9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him. | 9The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him. |
| 10A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path. | 10A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking." |
| 11Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. | 11"He is petrified by terror that surrounds him on all sides; they chase at his heels. |
| 12His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling. | 12He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall. |
| 13It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs. | 13Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease consumes his limbs. |
| 14He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors. | 14Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors. |
| 15In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation. | 15"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place. |
| 16His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. | 16His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off. |
| 17His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. | 17No one remembers him anywhere in the land; no one names streets in his honor. |
| 18He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world. | 18He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape. |
| 19He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live. | 19He has no children or descendants within his own people; and no survivors where he once lived. |
| 20They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east. | 20People who live west of him are appalled at his fate; those who live east of him are seized with terror. |
| 21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not God.” | 21Indeed, the residences of the wicked are like this; and so are the homes of those who don't know God." |
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