| NET Bible | International Standard Version |
| 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered: | 1Bildad from Shuah replied, saying: |
| 2"How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk. | 2"When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk. |
| 3Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight? | 3Why do you think we're like dumb animals? Do you think we're stupid? |
| 4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from 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"Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine. | 5"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine. |
| 6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished. | 6Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him. |
| 7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down. | 7His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up. |
| 8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a 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 grips him. | 9The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him. |
| 10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path. | 10A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking." |
| 11Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step. | 11"He is petrified by terror that surrounds him on all sides; they chase at his heels. |
| 12Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side. | 12He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall. |
| 13It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs. | 13Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease consumes his limbs. |
| 14He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors. | 14Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors. |
| 15Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered. | 15"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place. |
| 16Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above. | 16His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off. |
| 17His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land. | 17No one remembers him anywhere in the land; no one names streets in his honor. |
| 18He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. | 18He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape. |
| 19He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed. | 19He has no children or descendants within his own people; and no survivors where he once lived. |
| 20People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying, | 20People who live west of him are appalled at his fate; those who live east of him are seized with terror. |
| 21Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known 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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