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1Bildad from Shuah replied, saying:

1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2"When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk.

2How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

3Why do you think we're like dumb animals? Do you think we're stupid?

3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

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?"

4You who tear yourself in anger--should the earth be abandoned on your account, or a rock be removed from its place?

5"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine.

5Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

6Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him.

6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him is put out.

7His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up.

7His powerful stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

8"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network!

8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh.

9The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him.

9A trap catches him by the heel; a noose seizes him.

10A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking."

10A rope lies hidden for him on the ground, and a snare waits for him along the path.

11"He is petrified by terror that surrounds him on all sides; they chase at his heels.

11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass him at every step.

12He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall.

12His strength is depleted; disaster lies ready for him to stumble.

13Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease consumes his limbs.

13Parts of his skin are eaten away; death's firstborn consumes his limbs.

14Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors.

14He is ripped from the security of his tent and marched away to the king of terrors.

15"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.

15Nothing he owned remains in his tent. Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.

16His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off.

16His roots below dry up, and his branches above wither away.

17No one remembers him anywhere in the land; no one names streets in his honor.

17All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere.

18He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.

18He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world.

19He has no children or descendants within his own people; and no survivors where he once lived.

19He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live.

20People who live west of him are appalled at his fate; those who live east of him are seized with terror.

20Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

21Indeed, the residences of the wicked are like this; and so are the homes of those who don't know God."

21Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man, and this is the place of the one who does not know God.