Job 18 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 When will yee make an ende of your words? cause vs to vnderstande, and then wee will speake. “How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. “When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.
3 Wherefore are wee counted as beastes, and are vile in your sight? Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?
4 Thou art as one that teareth his soule in his anger. Shall the earth bee forsaken for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place? You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? You 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?
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine. “Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.
6 The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him. The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.
7 The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe. His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down. The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down.
8 For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares. For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.
9 The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him. A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him. A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.
10 A snare is layed for him in the ground, and a trappe for him in the way. A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path. A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.
11 Fearefulnesse shall make him afrayde on euery side, and shall driue him to his feete. Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
12 His strength shalbe famine: and destruction shalbe readie at his side. His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling. Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.
13 It shall deuoure the inner partes of his skinne, and the first borne of death shall deuoure his strength. It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs. It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs.
14 His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, & shal cause him to go to the King of feare. He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors. He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
15 Feare shall dwell in his house (because it is not his) and brimstone shalbe scattered vpon his habitation. In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation. Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
16 His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe. His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.
17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete. His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land.
18 They shall driue him out of the light vnto darkenesse, and chase him out of the world. He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world. He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.
19 Hee shall neither haue sonne nor nephewe among his people, nor any posteritie in his dwellings. He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live. He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.
20 The posteritie shalbe astonied at his day, and feare shall come vpon the ancient. They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east. People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror.
21 Surely such are the habitations of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God. Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not God.” Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”
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