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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.

2“How long before you stop talking? Speak sense if you want us to answer!

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

3Do you think we are mere animals? Do you think we are stupid?

4You who tear yourself in anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed from its place?

4You may tear out your hair in anger, but will that destroy the earth? Will it make the rocks tremble?

5“The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.

5“Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. The sparks of their fire will not glow.

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

6The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.

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

7The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall.

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

8The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit.

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

9A trap grabs them by the heel. A snare holds them tight.

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

10A noose lies hidden on the ground. A rope is stretched across their path.

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

11“Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step.

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

12Hunger depletes their strength, and calamity waits for them to stumble.

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

13Disease eats their skin; death devours their limbs.

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

14They are torn from the security of their homes and are brought down to the king of terrors.

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

15The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses.

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

16Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.

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

17All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names.

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

18They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world.

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

19They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they lived.

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

20People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified.

21Surely 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.’”