Holman Christian Standard Bible | New International Version |
1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: | 1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: |
2How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk. | 2"When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk. |
3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight? | 3Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight? |
4You who tear yourself in anger-- should the earth be abandoned on your account, or a rock be removed from its place? | 4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place? |
5Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. | 5"The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning. |
6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him is put out. | 6The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out. |
7His powerful stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up. | 7The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down. |
8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh. | 8His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh. |
9A trap catches him by the heel; a noose seizes him. | 9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast. |
10A rope lies hidden for him on the ground, and a snare waits for him along the path. | 10A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path. |
11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass him at every step. | 11Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step. |
12His strength is depleted; disaster lies ready for him to stumble. | 12Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls. |
13Parts of his skin are eaten away; death's firstborn consumes his limbs. | 13It eats away parts of his skin; death's firstborn devours his limbs. |
14He is ripped from the security of his tent and marched away to the king of terrors. | 14He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. |
15Nothing he owned remains in his tent. Burning sulfur is scattered over his home. | 15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. |
16His roots below dry up, and his branches above wither away. | 16His roots dry up below and his branches wither above. |
17All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere. | 17The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. |
18He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world. | 18He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world. |
19He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live. | 19He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived. |
20Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror. | 20People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror. |
21Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man, and this is the place of the one who does not know God. | 21Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God." |
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