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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied,
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Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 "Job, when will you stop these speeches of yours? Be reasonable! Then we can talk.
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“When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.
3 Why do you look at us as if we were cattle? Why do you think of us as being stupid?
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Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?
4 Your anger is tearing you to pieces. Does the earth have to be deserted just to prove you are right? Must all of the rocks be moved from their places?
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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 "The lamps of sinful people are blown out. Their flames will never burn again.
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“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.
6 The lights in their tents become dark. The lamps beside those who are evil go out.
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The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.
7 They walk more slowly than they used to. Their own evil plans make them fall.
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The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down.
8 Their feet take them into a net. They wander right into it.
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His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.
9 A trap grabs hold of their heels. It refuses to let them go.
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A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.
10 A trap lies in their path. A rope to catch them is hidden on the ground.
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A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.
11 Terrors alarm them on every side. They follow them every step of the way.
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Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
12 Trouble would like to eat them up. Danger waits for them when they fall.
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Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.
13 It eats away parts of their skin. Death itself feeds on their arms and legs.
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It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs.
14 They are torn away from the safety of their tents. They are marched off to the one who rules over death.
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He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
15 Fire races through their tents. Burning sulfur is scattered over their homes.
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Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
16 Their roots dry up under them. Their branches dry up above them.
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His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.
17 No one on earth remembers them. Their names are forgotten in the land.
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The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land.
18 They are driven from light into darkness. They are thrown out of the world.
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He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.
19 Their family dies out among their people. No one is left where they used to live.
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He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.
20 What has happened to them shocks the people in the west. It terrifies the people in the east.
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People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror.
21 Now you know what the homes of sinners are like. Those who don't know God live in places like that."
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Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”
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