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Bildad
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Bildad Speaks: God Punishes the Wicked
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
“When will you end these speeches?
Be sensible, and then we can talk.
Be sensible, and then we can talk.
“How long will you hunt for words?
Consider, and then we will speak.
Consider, and then we will speak.
Why are we regarded as cattle
and considered stupid in your sight?
and considered stupid in your sight?
Why are we counted as cattle?
Why are we stupid in your sight?
Why are we stupid in your sight?
You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger,
is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
You who tear yourself in your anger,
shall the earth be forsaken for you,
or the rock be removed out of its place?
shall the earth be forsaken for you,
or the rock be removed out of its place?
“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;
the flame of his fire stops burning.
the flame of his fire stops burning.
“Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out,
and the flame of his fire does not shine.
and the flame of his fire does not shine.
The light in his tent becomes dark;
the lamp beside him goes out.
the lamp beside him goes out.
The light is dark in his tent,
and his lamp above him is put out.
and his lamp above him is put out.
The vigor of his step is weakened;
his own schemes throw him down.
his own schemes throw him down.
His strong steps are shortened,
and his own schemes throw him down.
and his own schemes throw him down.
His feet thrust him into a net;
he wanders into its mesh.
he wanders into its mesh.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
and he walks on its mesh.
and he walks on its mesh.
A trap seizes him by the heel;
a snare holds him fast.
a snare holds him fast.
A trap seizes him by the heel;
a snare lays hold of him.
a snare lays hold of him.
A noose is hidden for him on the ground;
a trap lies in his path.
a trap lies in his path.
A rope is hidden for him in the ground,
a trap for him in the path.
a trap for him in the path.
Terrors startle him on every side
and dog his every step.
and dog his every step.
Terrors frighten him on every side,
and chase him at his heels.
and chase him at his heels.
Calamity is hungry for him;
disaster is ready for him when he falls.
disaster is ready for him when he falls.
His strength is famished,
and calamity is ready for his stumbling.
and calamity is ready for his stumbling.
It eats away parts of his skin;
death’s firstborn devours his limbs.
death’s firstborn devours his limbs.
It consumes the parts of his skin;
the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.
the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.
He is torn from the security of his tent
and marched off to the king of terrors.
and marched off to the king of terrors.
He is torn from the tent in which he trusted
and is brought to the king of terrors.
and is brought to the king of terrors.
In his tent dwells that which is none of his;
sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
His roots dry up below
and his branches wither above.
and his branches wither above.
His roots dry up beneath,
and his branches wither above.
and his branches wither above.
The memory of him perishes from the earth;
he has no name in the land.
he has no name in the land.
His memory perishes from the earth,
and he has no name in the street.
and he has no name in the street.
He is driven from light into the realm of darkness
and is banished from the world.
and is banished from the world.
He is thrust from light into darkness,
and driven out of the world.
and driven out of the world.
He has no offspring or descendants among his people,
no survivor where once he lived.
no survivor where once he lived.
He has no posterity or progeny among his people,
and no survivor where he used to live.
and no survivor where he used to live.
People of the west are appalled at his fate;
those of the east are seized with horror.
those of the east are seized with horror.
They of the west are appalled at his day,
and horror seizes them of the east.
and horror seizes them of the east.