Berean Study Bible | International Standard Version |
1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: | 1Bildad from Shuah replied, saying: |
2“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk. | 2"When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk. |
3Why are we regarded as cattle, 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—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their 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?" |
5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. | 5"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine. |
6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out. | 6Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him. |
7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up. | 7His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up. |
8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh. | 8"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network! |
9A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him. | 9The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him. |
10A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path. | 10A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking." |
11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step. | 11"He is petrified by terror that surrounds him on all sides; they chase at his heels. |
12His strength is depleted, and calamity 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 torn from the shelter of his tent and is 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; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling. | 15"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place. |
16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away. | 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 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 chased from the inhabited world. | 18He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape. |
19He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived. | 19He has no children or descendants within his own people; and no survivors where he once lived. |
20Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror. | 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 dwelling of the wicked and the place of one 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." |
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