Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked 1 AKJV Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, BSB BSB: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 AKJV How long will it be before you make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. BSB BSB: “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
3 AKJV Why are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? BSB BSB: Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
4 AKJV He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? BSB BSB: You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
5 AKJV Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. BSB BSB: Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
6 AKJV The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. BSB BSB: The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
7 AKJV The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. BSB BSB: His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
8 AKJV For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a snare. BSB BSB: For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 AKJV The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. BSB BSB: A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
10 AKJV The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. BSB BSB: A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
11 AKJV Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. BSB BSB: Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
12 AKJV His strength shall be extremely hungry, and destruction shall be ready at his side. BSB BSB: His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
13 AKJV It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. BSB BSB: It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14 AKJV His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. BSB BSB: He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
15 AKJV It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered on his habitation. BSB BSB: Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
16 AKJV His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. BSB BSB: The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
17 AKJV His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. BSB BSB: The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
18 AKJV He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. BSB BSB: He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
19 AKJV He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. BSB BSB: He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
20 AKJV They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. BSB BSB: Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
21 AKJV Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knows not God. BSB BSB: Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
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