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1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2“How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.

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

3Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?

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

4You who tear yourself in anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed 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“The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.

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

6The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out.

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

7The steps of his strength are shortened, And his own counsel casts him down.

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

8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.

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

9The net takes him by the heel, And a snare lays hold of him.

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

10A noose is hidden for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the road.

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

11Terrors frighten him on every side, And drive him to his feet.

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

12His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side.

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

13It devours patches of his skin; The firstborn of death devours his limbs.

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

14He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, And they parade him before the king of terrors.

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

15They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.

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

16His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.

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

17The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned.

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

18He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

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

19He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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

20Those in the west are astonished at his day, As those in the east are frightened.

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

21Surely 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.