| English Standard Version | New Living Translation |
| 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. | 2“How long before you stop talking? Speak sense if you want us to answer! |
| 3Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? | 3Do you think we are mere animals? Do you think we are stupid? |
| 4You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of 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 put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. | 5“Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. The sparks of their fire will not glow. |
| 6The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. | 6The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched. |
| 7His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down. | 7The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall. |
| 8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh. | 8The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit. |
| 9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him. | 9A trap grabs them by the heel. A snare holds them tight. |
| 10A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path. | 10A noose lies hidden on the ground. A rope is stretched across their path. |
| 11Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. | 11“Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step. |
| 12His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling. | 12Hunger depletes their strength, and calamity waits for them to stumble. |
| 13It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs. | 13Disease eats their skin; death devours their limbs. |
| 14He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors. | 14They are torn from the security of their homes and are brought down to the king of terrors. |
| 15In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation. | 15The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses. |
| 16His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. | 16Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither. |
| 17His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. | 17All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names. |
| 18He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world. | 18They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world. |
| 19He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live. | 19They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they lived. |
| 20They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east. | 20People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified. |
| 21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not God.” | 21They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected God.’” |
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