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Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Bildad Speaks of the Wicked
Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
“How long will you hunt for words?
Show understanding and then we can talk.
Show understanding and then we can talk.
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
“Why are we regarded as beasts,
As stupid in your eyes?
As stupid in your eyes?
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
“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?
For your sake is the earth to be abandoned,
Or the rock to be moved from its place?
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out,
And the flame of his fire gives no light.
And the flame of his fire gives no light.
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
“The light in his tent is darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.
And his lamp goes out above him.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
“His vigorous stride is shortened,
And his own scheme brings him down.
And his own scheme brings him down.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
“For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the webbing.
And he steps on the webbing.
The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
“A snare seizes him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.
And a trap snaps shut on him.
The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
“A noose for him is hidden in the ground,
And a trap for him on the path.
And a trap for him on the path.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
“All around terrors frighten him,
And harry him at every step.
And harry him at every step.
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
“His strength is famished,
And calamity is ready at his side.
And calamity is ready at his side.
It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
“His skin is devoured by disease,
The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
“He is torn from the security of his tent,
And they march him before the king of terrors.
And they march him before the king of terrors.
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
“There dwells in his tent nothing of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.
Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
“His roots are dried below,
And his branch is cut off above.
And his branch is cut off above.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
“Memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name abroad.
And he has no name abroad.
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
“He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased from the inhabited world.
And chased from the inhabited world.
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
“He has no offspring or posterity among his people,
Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
“Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
And those in the east are seized with horror.
And those in the east are seized with horror.