Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked 1 WBS Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, BSB BSB: Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 WBS How long will it be ere ye 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 WBS 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 WBS He teareth himself in his 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. BSB BSB: For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. BSB BSB: His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
13 WBS It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the first-born of death shall devour his strength. BSB BSB: It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14 WBS 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 WBS It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. BSB BSB: Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
16 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS 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 WBS Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is 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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