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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
2 “How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.
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"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we shall speak.
3 Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
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Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
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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You who tear yourself in your anger— shall the earth be forsaken because of you, or the rock be removed out of its place?
5 “Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
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"Surely the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of their fire does not shine.
6 The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.
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The light is dark in their tent, and the lamp above them is put out.
7 His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down.
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Their strong steps are shortened, and their own schemes throw them down.
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh.
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For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall.
9 A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him.
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A trap seizes them by the heel; a snare lays hold of them.
10 A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path.
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A rope is hid for them in the ground, a trap for them in the path.
11 Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels.
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Terrors frighten them on every side, and chase them at their heels.
12 His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling.
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Their strength is consumed by hunger, and calamity is ready for their stumbling.
13 It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.
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By disease their skin is consumed, the firstborn of Death consumes their limbs.
14 He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors.
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They are torn from the tent in which they trusted, and are brought to the king of terrors.
15 In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
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In their tents nothing remains; sulfur is scattered upon their habitations.
16 His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above.
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Their roots dry up beneath, and their branches wither above.
17 His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street.
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Their memory perishes from the earth, and they have no name in the street.
18 He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.
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They are thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.
19 He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live.
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They have no offspring or descendant among their people, and no survivor where they used to live.
20 They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east.
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They of the west are appalled at their fate, and horror seizes those of the east.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not God. ”
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Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly, such is the place of those who do not know God."
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