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1 Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said, Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 How long wilt thou continue? forbear, that we also may speak. “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 For wherefore have we been silent before thee like brutes? 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 Anger has possessed thee: for what if thou shouldest die; would the earth under heaven be desolate? or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations? 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 But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up. “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 His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be 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 Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive him . 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 His foot also has been caught in a snare, and let it be entangled in a net. 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 And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction. 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 His snare is hid in the earth, and that which shall take him is by the path. 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 Let pains destroy him round about, and let many enemies come about him, Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
12 vex him with distressing hunger: and a signal destruction has been prepared for him. 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 Let the soles of his feet be devoured: and death shall consume his beauty. 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 And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king. 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 It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone. 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 shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above. His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.
17 Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out. 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 Let one drive him from light into darkness. 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 shall not be known among his people, nor his house preserved on the earth. 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 But strangers shall dwell in his possessions: the last groaned for him, and wonder seized the first. 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 These are the houses of the unrighteous, and this is the place of them that know not the Lord. 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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