1 GLT Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said, BSB BSB: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 GLT “When will you stop your talk? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. BSB BSB: “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
3 GLT Why are we regarded as beasts, stupid in your sight? BSB BSB: Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
4 GLT You who tear at yourself in your anger, should the earth be forsaken for you or should the rocks be removed out of their places? 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 GLT Indeed, the light of the wicked person will be put out; the spark of his fire will not shine. BSB BSB: Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
6 GLT The light will be dark in his tent; his lamp above him will be put out. BSB BSB: The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
7 GLT The steps of his strength will be made short; his own plans will cast him down. BSB BSB: His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
8 GLT For he will be thrown into a net by his own feet; he will walk into a pitfall. BSB BSB: For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 GLT A trap will take him by the heel; a snare will lay hold on him. BSB BSB: A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
10 GLT A noose is hidden for him on 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 GLT Terrors will make him afraid on every side; they will chase him at his heels. BSB BSB: Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
12 GLT His wealth will turn into hunger, and calamity will be ready at his side. BSB BSB: His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
13 GLT The parts of his body will be devoured; indeed, the firstborn of death will devour his parts. BSB BSB: It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14 GLT He is torn from the safety of his tent and marched off 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 GLT People not his own will live in his tent after they see that sulfur is scattered within his home. BSB BSB: Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
16 GLT His roots will be dried up beneath; above will his branch be cut off. BSB BSB: The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
17 GLT His memory will perish from the earth; he will 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 GLT He will be driven from light into darkness and be chased out of this world. BSB BSB: He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
19 GLT He will have no son or son’ s son among his people, nor any remaining kinfolk where he had stayed. BSB BSB: He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
20 GLT Those who live in the west will be horrified at what happens to him one day; those who live in the east will be frightened by it. BSB BSB: Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
21 GLT Surely such are the homes of unrighteous people, the places of those who do not know 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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