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1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
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3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
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5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
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6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
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7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
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8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
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9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
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10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
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11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
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12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
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13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
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14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
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15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
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16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
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17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
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18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
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19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
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20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
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21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
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- 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
- 2 “How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk.
- 3 “Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes?
- 4 “O you who tear yourself in your anger— For your sake is the earth to be abandoned, Or the rock to be moved from its place?
- 5 “Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.
- 6 “The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.
- 7 “His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own scheme brings him down.
- 8 “For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.
- 9 “A snare seizes him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him.
- 10 “A noose for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path.
- 11 “All around terrors frighten him, And harry him at every step.
- 12 “His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side.
- 13 “His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
- 14 “He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him before the king of terrors.
- 15 “There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.
- 16 “His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above.
- 17 “Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad.
- 18 “He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.
- 19 “He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
- 20 “Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror.
- 21 “Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
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