Bildad's Second Speech
2 "When will ye make an end of your words? Mark well, and consider, we will speak also.
2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
2 “How long will you hunt for words?Show understanding and then we can talk.
2 How long until you stop talking?Show some sense, and then we can talk.
2 "When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk.
4 Why destroyest thou thyself with anger? Shall the earth be forsaken, or the stones removed out of their place because of thee?
4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
4 “O (b)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?
4 You who tear yourself in anger(a)—should the earth be abandoned on your account,or a rock be removed from its place?
4 You're tearing yourself to pieces in your anger. Will the land be abandoned because of you, or the rock be moved from its place?"
What A Wicked Person Can Expect From Life
9 His foot shall be holden in the gilder, and the thirsty shall catch him.
9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
9 “A snare seizes him by the heel,And a trap snaps shut on him.
9 A trap catches him by the heel;a noose seizes him.
9 The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him.
10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a pitfall in the way.
10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
10 “A noose for him is hidden in the ground,And a trap for him on the path.
10 A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,and a snare waits for him along the path.
10 A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking."
13 He shall eat the strength of his own skin; the firstborn of death shall eat his members.
13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
13 Parts of his skin are eaten away;death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.
13 Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease consumes his limbs.
14 All his comfort and hope shall be rooted out of his dwelling, and shall bring him unto the king of fear.
14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
14 “He is (J)torn from (g)the security of his tent,And (h)they march him before the king of (K)terrors.
14 He is ripped from the security of his tentand marched away to the king of terrors.
14 Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors.
15 Other men shall dwell in his house - which now is none of his - and brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
15 "There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.
18 he shall be driven from the light into darkness, and cast clean out of the world.
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
18 He is driven from light to darknessand chased from the inhabited world.
18 He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.
20 young and old shall be astonished at his death.
20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
20 “Those (k)in the west are appalled at (S)his (l)fate,And those (m)in the east are seized with horror.
20 People who live west of him are appalled at his fate; those who live east of him are seized with terror.
21 Such are now the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God."
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
21 “Surely such are the (T)dwellings of the wicked,And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
21 Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man,and this is the place of the one who does not know God.(L)
21 Indeed, the residences of the wicked are like this; and so are the homes of those who don't know God."