| International Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 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. |
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