Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked 1 DBY And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 DBY How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak. BSB BSB: “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
3 DBY Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight? BSB BSB: Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
4 DBY Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its 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 DBY Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame 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 DBY The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out. BSB BSB: The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
7 DBY 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 DBY For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes; BSB BSB: For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 DBY The gin taketh him by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him; BSB BSB: A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
10 DBY A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way. BSB BSB: A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
11 DBY Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps. BSB BSB: Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
12 DBY His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side. BSB BSB: His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
13 DBY The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members. BSB BSB: It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14 DBY His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away 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 DBY They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation: BSB BSB: Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
16 DBY 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 DBY His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds. BSB BSB: The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
18 DBY He is 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 DBY He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn. BSB BSB: He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
20 DBY They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before them were affrighted. BSB BSB: Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
21 DBY Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth 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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