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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
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Bildad from Shuah answered:
2 "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we shall speak.
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How long? Would you all stop talking. Try to understand and then we can speak.
3 Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
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Why are we considered beasts, ignorant in your sight?
4 You who tear yourself in your anger— shall the earth be forsaken because of you, or the rock be removed out of its place?
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To you who tear yourself in rage— will earth be forsaken for your sake, a rock be dislodged from its place?
5 "Surely the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of their fire does not shine.
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To be sure, the light of the wicked goes out; the blaze of their fire doesn't shine.
6 The light is dark in their tent, and the lamp above them is put out.
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The light in their tent becomes dark, and their lamp above doesn't shine.
7 Their strong steps are shortened, and their own schemes throw them down.
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Their strong strides slow down; their plans trip themselves.
8 For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall.
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They are caught by their feet in a net; they walk on mesh.
9 A trap seizes them by the heel; a snare lays hold of them.
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A trap grabs them by the heel; a snare tightens on them.
10 A rope is hid for them in the ground, a trap for them in the path.
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A rope is hidden on the ground for them; a trap for them along the path.
11 Terrors frighten them on every side, and chase them at their heels.
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Terrors round about scare them; they follow their steps.
12 Their strength is consumed by hunger, and calamity is ready for their stumbling.
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Their offspring hunger; calamity is ready for their spouses.
13 By disease their skin is consumed, the firstborn of Death consumes their limbs.
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It eats some of their skin. Death's firstborn consumes their limbs.
14 They are torn from the tent in which they trusted, and are brought to the king of terrors.
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They are snatched from the safety of their tent; it parades them before the king of terrors.
15 In their tents nothing remains; sulfur is scattered upon their habitations.
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Nothing they own remains in their tent; sulfur is scattered over their home.
16 Their roots dry up beneath, and their branches wither above.
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Their roots dry out below; their branches wither above.
17 Their memory perishes from the earth, and they have no name in the street.
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The memory of them will perish from the earth; they will achieve no recognition abroad.
18 They are thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.
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They are thrust from light into darkness, banished from the world.
19 They have no offspring or descendant among their people, and no survivor where they used to live.
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They have no offspring or descendants among their people, no survivor in their dwelling place.
20 They of the west are appalled at their fate, and horror seizes those of the east.
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Their successors are appalled at what happens to them; their predecessors pull their hair.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly, such is the place of those who do not know God."
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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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