Douay-Rheims Catholic Bible RHE
New Living Translation NLT
1 Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
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Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.
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“How long before you stop talking? Speak sense if you want us to answer!
3 Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?
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Do you think we are mere animals? Do you think we are stupid?
4 Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?
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You may tear out your hair in anger, but will that destroy the earth? Will it make the rocks tremble?
5 Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
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“Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. The sparks of their fire will not glow.
6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
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The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.
7 The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.
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The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall.
8 For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.
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The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit.
9 The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.
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A trap grabs them by the heel. A snare holds them tight.
10 A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.
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A noose lies hidden on the ground. A rope is stretched across their path.
11 Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.
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“Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step.
12 Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.
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Hunger depletes their strength, and calamity waits for them to stumble.
13 Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.
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Disease eats their skin; death devours their limbs.
14 Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.
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They are torn from the security of their homes and are brought down to the king of terrors.
15 Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.
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The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses.
16 Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.
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Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.
17 Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be renowned in the streets.
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All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names.
18 He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.
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They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world.
19 His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.
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They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they lived.
20 They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before.
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People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified.
21 These then are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.
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They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected God.’”
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