King James Version KJV
New Revised Standard NRS
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
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"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we shall speak.
3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his 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 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall 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 shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
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The light is dark in their tent, and the lamp above them is put out.
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast 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 walketh upon a snare.
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For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall.
9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
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A trap seizes them by the heel; a snare lays hold of them.
10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
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A rope is hid for them in the ground, a trap for them in the path.
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
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Terrors frighten them on every side, and chase them at their heels.
12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
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Their strength is consumed by hunger, and calamity is ready for their stumbling.
13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
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By disease their skin is consumed, the firstborn of Death consumes their limbs.
14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him 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 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
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In their tents nothing remains; sulfur is scattered upon their habitations.
16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
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Their roots dry up beneath, and their branches wither above.
17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have 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 shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
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They are thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.
19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
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They have no offspring or descendant among their people, and no survivor where they used to live.
20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
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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 wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth 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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