| English Standard Version | Holman Christian Standard Bible |
| 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: | 1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: |
| 2“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. | 2How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk. |
| 3Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? | 3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight? |
| 4You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? | 4You who tear yourself in anger-- should the earth be abandoned on your account, or a rock be removed from its place? |
| 5“Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. | 5Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. |
| 6The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. | 6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him is put out. |
| 7His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down. | 7His powerful stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up. |
| 8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. | 8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh. |
| 9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him. | 9A trap catches him by the heel; a noose seizes him. |
| 10A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path. | 10A rope lies hidden for him on the ground, and a snare waits for him along the path. |
| 11Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. | 11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass him at every step. |
| 12His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling. | 12His strength is depleted; disaster lies ready for him to stumble. |
| 13It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs. | 13Parts of his skin are eaten away; death's firstborn consumes his limbs. |
| 14He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors. | 14He is ripped from the security of his tent and marched away to the king of terrors. |
| 15In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation. | 15Nothing he owned remains in his tent. Burning sulfur is scattered over his home. |
| 16His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. | 16His roots below dry up, and his branches above wither away. |
| 17His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. | 17All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere. |
| 18He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world. | 18He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world. |
| 19He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live. | 19He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live. |
| 20They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east. | 20Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror. |
| 21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not God.” | 21Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man, and this is the place of the one who does not know God. |
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