| New American Standard Bible 1995 | New Living Translation |
| 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. | 2“How long before you stop talking? Speak sense if you want us to answer! |
| 3"Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes? | 3Do you think we are mere animals? Do you think we are stupid? |
| 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 may tear out your hair in anger, but will that destroy the earth? Will it make the rocks tremble? |
| 5"Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light. | 5“Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. The sparks of their fire will not glow. |
| 6"The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him. | 6The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched. |
| 7"His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own scheme brings him down. | 7The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall. |
| 8"For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing. | 8The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit. |
| 9"A snare seizes him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him. | 9A trap grabs them by the heel. A snare holds them tight. |
| 10"A noose for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path. | 10A noose lies hidden on the ground. A rope is stretched across their path. |
| 11"All around terrors frighten him, And harry him at every step. | 11“Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step. |
| 12"His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side. | 12Hunger depletes their strength, and calamity waits for them to stumble. |
| 13"His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs. | 13Disease eats their skin; death devours their limbs. |
| 14"He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him before the king of terrors. | 14They are torn from the security of their homes and are brought down to the king of terrors. |
| 15"There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation. | 15The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses. |
| 16"His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above. | 16Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither. |
| 17"Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. | 17All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names. |
| 18"He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world. | 18They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world. |
| 19"He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned. | 19They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they lived. |
| 20"Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror. | 20People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified. |
| 21"Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God." | 21They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected God.’” |
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