Common English Bible CEB
New King James Version NKJV
1 Bildad from Shuah answered:
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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 How long? Would you all stop talking. Try to understand and then we can speak.
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"How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.
3 Why are we considered beasts, ignorant in your sight?
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Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?
4 To you who tear yourself in rage— will earth be forsaken for your sake, a rock be dislodged from its place?
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You who tear yourself in anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed from its place?
5 To be sure, the light of the wicked goes out; the blaze of their fire doesn't shine.
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"The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.
6 The light in their tent becomes dark, and their lamp above doesn't shine.
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The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out.
7 Their strong strides slow down; their plans trip themselves.
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The steps of his strength are shortened, And his own counsel casts him down.
8 They are caught by their feet in a net; they walk on mesh.
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For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.
9 A trap grabs them by the heel; a snare tightens on them.
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The net takes him by the heel, And a snare lays hold of him.
10 A rope is hidden on the ground for them; a trap for them along the path.
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A noose is hidden for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the road.
11 Terrors round about scare them; they follow their steps.
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Terrors frighten him on every side, And drive him to his feet.
12 Their offspring hunger; calamity is ready for their spouses.
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His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side.
13 It eats some of their skin. Death's firstborn consumes their limbs.
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It devours patches of his skin; The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14 They are snatched from the safety of their tent; it parades them before the king of terrors.
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He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, And they parade him before the king of terrors.
15 Nothing they own remains in their tent; sulfur is scattered over their home.
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They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
16 Their roots dry out below; their branches wither above.
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His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.
17 The memory of them will perish from the earth; they will achieve no recognition abroad.
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The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned.
18 They are thrust from light into darkness, banished from the world.
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He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
19 They have no offspring or descendants among their people, no survivor in their dwelling place.
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He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
20 Their successors are appalled at what happens to them; their predecessors pull their hair.
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Those in the west are astonished at his day, As those in the east are frightened.
21 These are surely the dwelling places of the evil; this is the place of the one who doesn't know God.
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Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God."
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