| kjv | web | basic | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, | Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, | Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said, | ||
| 2. | 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? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. | How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds. | ||
| 3. | Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? | Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight? | Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge? | ||
| 4. | He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? | You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place? | But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place? | ||
| 5. | Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. | "Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine. | For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining. | ||
| 6. | The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. | The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out. | The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out. | ||
| 7. | The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. | The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down. | The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him. | ||
| 8. | For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. | For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh. | His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords. | ||
| 9. | The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. | A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him. | His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip. | ||
| 10. | The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. | A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way. | The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way. | ||
| 11. | Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. | Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels. | He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step. | ||
| 12. | His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. | His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side. | His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep. | ||
| 13. | It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. | The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his members. | His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases. | ||
| 14. | His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. | He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors. | He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears. | ||
| 15. | It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. | There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation. | In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house. | ||
| 16. | His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. | His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off. | Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off. | ||
| 17. | His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. | His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street. | His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name. | ||
| 18. | He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. | He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. | He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world. | ||
| 19. | He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. | He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned. | He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name. | ||
| 20. | They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. | Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened. | At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear. | ||
| 21. | Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God. | Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God." | Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God. | ||