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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
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2 "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.
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2 "When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.
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3 Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
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3 Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?
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4 You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place?
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4 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?
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5 "Yea, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
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5 "The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.
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6 The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.
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6 The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.
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7 His strong steps are shortened and his own schemes throw him down.
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7 The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down.
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8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a pitfall.
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8 His feet thrust him into a net and he wanders into its mesh.
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9 A trap seizes him by the heel, a snare lays hold of him.
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9 A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.
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10 A rope is hid for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path.
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10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.
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11 Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels.
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11 Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
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12 His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready for his stumbling.
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12 Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.
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13 By disease his skin is consumed, the first-born of death consumes his limbs.
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13 It eats away parts of his skin; death's firstborn devours his limbs.
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14 He is torn from the tent in which he trusted, and is brought to the king of terrors.
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14 He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
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15 In his tent dwells that which is none of his; brimstone is scattered upon his habitation.
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15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
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16 His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above.
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16 His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.
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17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street.
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17 The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land.
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18 He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.
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18 He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
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19 He has no offspring or descendant among his people, and no survivor where he used to live.
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19 He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.
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20 They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east.
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20 Men of the west are appalled at his fate; men of the east are seized with horror.
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21 Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly, such is the place of him who knows not God."
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21 Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who knows not God."
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| Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved. (Revised Standard Version - Holy Bible) |
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