“then answered Bildad, the Shuhite, and said,”
Job 18
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1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2"How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
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3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
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4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
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5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, and the flame of his fire gives no light.”
6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
“the light in his tent is darkened and his lamp goes out above him.”
“The light shall be dark in his tent and his candles shall be put out with him.”
7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
“his vigorous stride is shortened and his own schemes bring him down.”
“The steps of his strength shall be straightened and his own counsel will cast him down.”
8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
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9A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
“A snare seizes him by the heel and a trap shuts on him.”
10A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
“a noose for him is hidden in the ground and a trap for him on the path.”
“The snare is laid for him in the ground and the trap for him in the way.”
11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
“Terror shall make him afraid on every side and shall drive him to his feet.”
12His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
“His strength is famished and calamity is ready at his side.”
13It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
“it shall devour the strength of his skin. Even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.”
“His skin is devoured by disease. And the firstborn of death devours his limbs.”
14He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
“His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.”
“He is torn from the security of his tent, and they march him before the king of terrors.”
“He is torn from the security of His tent, destroyed. And they march Him before the King of Terrors.”
15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
“There dwells in His tent nothing of His. Brimstone is scattered on His habitation.”
16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
“His roots shall be dried up beneath and above shall his branch be cut off.”
“His roots are dried below and His branch is cut off.”
17The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
“His remembrance shall perish from the earth and he shall have no name in the street.”
“His remembrance shall perish from the earth and he shall have no name in the street.”
18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
“He shall be driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.”
“He shall be driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.”
“He is driven from light into darkness and chased from the inhabited world.”
19He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
“He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people nor any remaining in his dwelling.”
“He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people nor any remaining in his dwellings.”
20Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
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21Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God."
“Surely, such are the dwellings of the wicked and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.".”
“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.”
“Surely such are the dwellings of who? Wicked people. And this is the place of him who does not know God.”