| English Standard Version | New American Standard Bible 1995 |
| 1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: | 1Then Bildad the Shuhite responded, |
| 2“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. | 2"How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk. |
| 3Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? | 3"Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes? |
| 4You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? | 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 is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. | 5"Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light. |
| 6The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. | 6"The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him. |
| 7His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down. | 7"His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own scheme brings him down. |
| 8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. | 8"For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing. |
| 9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him. | 9"A snare seizes him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him. |
| 10A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path. | 10"A noose for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path. |
| 11Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. | 11"All around terrors frighten him, And harry him at every step. |
| 12His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling. | 12"His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side. |
| 13It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs. | 13"His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs. |
| 14He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors. | 14"He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him before the king of terrors. |
| 15In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation. | 15"There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation. |
| 16His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. | 16"His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above. |
| 17His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. | 17"Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. |
| 18He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world. | 18"He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world. |
| 19He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live. | 19"He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned. |
| 20They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east. | 20"Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror. |
| 21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not God.” | 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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