Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked 1 UST Then Bildad, Job’ s friend who was a Shuhite, responded to Job. He said, BSB BSB: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 UST “Please stop talking! If you would stop talking and listen, we could tell you something. BSB BSB: “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
3 UST You seem to think that we are as stupid as cattle. BSB BSB: Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
4 UST But by being so angry, you are only hurting yourself. You seem to think that everyone should abandon the earth because life on earth is no longer worth living for anyone after what has happened to you. You seem to think that there should be a great earthquake{ as a sign of what an awful thing has happened to you}. 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 UST But actually, what has happened to you is not momentous. Wicked people are bound to lose their prosperity. They will not continue to enjoy happiness. BSB BSB: Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
6 UST It will be as if the light went out in the tent in which they were living, so that they could not enjoy living there. BSB BSB: The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
7 UST Wicked people become weaker{ because of the troubles they cause for themselves}. They try to take advantage of other people, but they hurt themselves instead. BSB BSB: His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
8 UST Yes, it is as if they walk into a net that they do not realize is there or fall into a pit that someone has concealed as a trap. BSB BSB: For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 UST It is as if their feet get caught in a trap that does not let them go. BSB BSB: A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
10 UST It is as if a loop of rope that someone has hidden on the ground springs up and seizes them when they walk onto it. BSB BSB: A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
11 UST Everywhere they go, things cause them to be terrified. It is as if those things are pursuing them and biting at their heels. BSB BSB: Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
12 UST They will become weak, as if they did not have enough food to eat. They will always be at risk of disaster. BSB BSB: His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
13 UST Diseases will spread all over their skin. Yes, a horrible disease will cause their bodies to decay. BSB BSB: It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14 UST They have a secure life, but it ends suddenly. They die without being able to do anything to save their lives. BSB BSB: He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
15 UST Then all of their possessions will belong to other people. Wicked people will have nothing left, as if God had burned up everything they had by making burning stones fall on it. BSB BSB: Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
16 UST They will be lifeless, like trees whose roots have dried up and whose branches have all withered. BSB BSB: The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
17 UST No one on the earth will remember them anymore. No, no one anywhere in the world will recall what they were like. BSB BSB: The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
18 UST Suddenly wicked people will die and no longer be alive. They will no longer be able to live in this world. BSB BSB: He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
19 UST They will have no children or grandchildren living in their people group after they die. They will have no descendants living where they previously lived. BSB BSB: He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
20 UST Anyone who hears about what happened to them will be shocked. BSB BSB: Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
21 UST This is certainly what happens to unrighteous people. Yes, this is what happens to people who do not honor 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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