Job 18 Parallel Bible Translations

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1 Bildad from Shuah replied, saying: Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 |When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk. “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 Why do you think we're like dumb animals? Do you think we're stupid? 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 You're tearing yourself to pieces in your anger. Will the land be abandoned because of you, or the rock be moved from its 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 |Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't 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 Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above 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 His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up. 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 he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network! 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 trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on 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 rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking.| 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 |He is petrified by terror that surrounds him on all sides; they chase at his heels. Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
12 He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall. 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 Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease consumes his limbs. 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 Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors. 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 |There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place. 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 roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off. His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.
17 No one remembers him anywhere in the land; no one names streets in his honor. 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 He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape. 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 He has no children or descendants within his own people; and no survivors where he once lived. 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 People who live west of him are appalled at his fate; those who live east of him are seized with terror. 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 Indeed, the residences of the wicked are like this; and so are the homes of those who don't know 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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