Job 18
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New American Standard Bible 1995Holman Christian Standard Bible
1Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2"How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk.2How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
3"Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes?3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
4"O you who tear yourself in your anger-- For your sake is the earth to be abandoned, Or the rock to 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 goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.5Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
6"The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him is put out.
7"His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own scheme brings him down.7His powerful stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
8"For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh.
9"A snare seizes him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him.9A trap catches him by the heel; a noose seizes him.
10"A noose for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path.10A rope lies hidden for him on the ground, and a snare waits for him along the path.
11"All around terrors frighten him, And harry him at every step.11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass him at every step.
12"His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side.12His strength is depleted; disaster lies ready for him to stumble.
13"His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs.13Parts of his skin are eaten away; death's firstborn consumes his limbs.
14"He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him before the king of terrors.14He is ripped from the security of his tent and marched away to the king of terrors.
15"There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.15Nothing he owned remains in his tent. Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.
16"His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above.16His roots below dry up, and his branches above wither away.
17"Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad.17All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere.
18"He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.18He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world.
19"He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned.19He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live.
20"Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror.20Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
21"Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not 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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