| New American Standard Bible 1995 | International Standard Version |
| 1Then Bildad the Shuhite responded, | 1Bildad from Shuah replied, saying: |
| 2"How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk. | 2"When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk. |
| 3"Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes? | 3Why do you think we're like dumb animals? Do you think we're stupid? |
| 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? | 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?" |
| 5"Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light. | 5"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine. |
| 6"The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him. | 6Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him. |
| 7"His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own scheme brings him down. | 7His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up. |
| 8"For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing. | 8"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network! |
| 9"A snare seizes him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him. | 9The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him. |
| 10"A noose for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path. | 10A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking." |
| 11"All around terrors frighten him, And harry him at every step. | 11"He is petrified by terror that surrounds him on all sides; they chase at his heels. |
| 12"His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side. | 12He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall. |
| 13"His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs. | 13Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease consumes his limbs. |
| 14"He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him before the king of terrors. | 14Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors. |
| 15"There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation. | 15"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place. |
| 16"His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above. | 16His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off. |
| 17"Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. | 17No one remembers him anywhere in the land; no one names streets in his honor. |
| 18"He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world. | 18He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape. |
| 19"He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned. | 19He has no children or descendants within his own people; and no survivors where he once lived. |
| 20"Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror. | 20People who live west of him are appalled at his fate; those who live east of him are seized with terror. |
| 21"Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God." | 21Indeed, the residences of the wicked are like this; and so are the homes of those who don't know God." |
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