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1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

1Bildad from Shuah replied, saying:

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

2"When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk.

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

3Why do you think we're like dumb animals? Do you think we're stupid?

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

5"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine.

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

6Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him.

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

7His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up.

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

8"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network!

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

9The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him.

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

10A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking."

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

11"He is petrified by terror that surrounds him on all sides; they chase at his heels.

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

12He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall.

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

13Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease consumes his limbs.

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

14Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors.

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

15"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.

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

16His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off.

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

17No one remembers him anywhere in the land; no one names streets in his honor.

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

18He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.

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

19He has no children or descendants within his own people; and no survivors where he once lived.

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

20People who live west of him are appalled at his fate; those who live east of him are seized with terror.

21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God.”

21Indeed, the residences of the wicked are like this; and so are the homes of those who don't know God."