International Standard Version | New Living Translation |
1Bildad from Shuah replied, saying: | 1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: |
2"When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk. | 2“How long before you stop talking? Speak sense if you want us to answer! |
3Why do you think we're like dumb animals? Do you think we're stupid? | 3Do you think we are mere animals? Do you think we are stupid? |
4You're tearing yourself to pieces in your anger. Will the land be abandoned because of you, or the rock be moved from its place?" | 4You may tear out your hair in anger, but will that destroy the earth? Will it make the rocks tremble? |
5"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine. | 5“Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. The sparks of their fire will not glow. |
6Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him. | 6The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched. |
7His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up. | 7The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall. |
8"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network! | 8The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit. |
9The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him. | 9A trap grabs them by the heel. A snare holds them tight. |
10A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking." | 10A noose lies hidden on the ground. A rope is stretched across their path. |
11"He is petrified by terror that surrounds him on all sides; they chase at his heels. | 11“Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step. |
12He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall. | 12Hunger depletes their strength, and calamity waits for them to stumble. |
13Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease consumes his limbs. | 13Disease eats their skin; death devours their limbs. |
14Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors. | 14They are torn from the security of their homes and are brought down to the king of terrors. |
15"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place. | 15The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses. |
16His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off. | 16Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither. |
17No one remembers him anywhere in the land; no one names streets in his honor. | 17All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names. |
18He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape. | 18They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world. |
19He has no children or descendants within his own people; and no survivors where he once lived. | 19They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they lived. |
20People who live west of him are appalled at his fate; those who live east of him are seized with terror. | 20People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified. |
21Indeed, the residences of the wicked are like this; and so are the homes of those who don't know God." | 21They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected God.’” |
The Holy Bible: International Standard Version® Release 2.1 Copyright © 1996-2012 The ISV Foundation ALL RIGHTS RESERVED INTERNATIONALLY. | Holy Bible, New Living Translation, copyright © 1996, 2004, 2015 by Tyndale House Foundation. Used by permission of Tyndale House Publishers, Inc., Carol Stream, Illinois 60188. All rights reserved. |
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