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1. Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
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1. Then answered H6030 Bildad H1085 the Shuhite H7747 , and said H559 ,
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2. "When will you stop these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.
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2. How long H5704 H575 will it be ere ye make H7760 an end H7078 of words H4405 ? mark H995 , and afterwards H310 we will speak H1696 .
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3. You think of us as cattle, as if we are stupid.
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3. Wherefore H4069 are we counted H2803 as beasts H929 , and reputed vile H2933 in your sight H5869 ?
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4. You tear yourself to pieces in your anger. Should the earth be vacant just for you? Should the rocks move from their places?
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4. He teareth H2963 himself H5315 in his anger H639 : shall the earth H776 be forsaken H5800 for H4616 thee? and shall the rock H6697 be removed H6275 out of his place H4480 H4725 ?
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5. "The lamp of the wicked will be put out, and the flame in their lamps will stop burning.
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5. Yea H1571 , the light H216 of the wicked H7563 shall be put out H1846 , and the spark H7632 of his fire H784 shall not H3808 shine H5050 .
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6. The light in their tents will grow dark, and the lamps by their sides will go out.
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6. The light H216 shall be dark H2821 in his tabernacle H168 , and his candle H5216 shall be put out H1846 with H5921 him.
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7. Their strong steps will grow weak; they will fall into their own evil traps.
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7. The steps H6806 of his strength H202 shall be straitened H3334 , and his own counsel H6098 shall cast him down H7993 .
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8. Their feet will be caught in a net when they walk into its web.
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8. For H3588 he is cast H7971 into a net H7568 by his own feet H7272 , and he walketh H1980 upon H5921 a snare H7639 .
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9. A trap will catch them by the heel and hold them tight.
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9. The gin H6341 shall take H270 him by the heel H6119 , and the robber H6782 shall prevail H2388 against H5921 him.
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10. A trap for them is hidden on the ground, right in their path.
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10. The snare H2256 is laid H2934 for him in the ground H776 , and a trap H4434 for him in H5921 the way H5410 .
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11. Terrible things startle them from every side and chase them at every step.
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11. Terrors H1091 shall make him afraid H1204 on every side H5439 , and shall drive H6327 him to his feet H7272 .
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12. Hunger takes away their strength, and disaster is at their side.
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12. His strength H202 shall be H1961 hunger H7457 -bitten , and destruction H343 shall be ready H3559 at his side H6763 .
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13. Disease eats away parts of their skin; death gnaws at their arms and legs.
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13. It shall devour H398 the strength H905 of his skin H5785 : even the firstborn H1060 of death H4194 shall devour H398 his strength H905 .
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14. They are torn from the safety of their tents and dragged off to Death, the King of Terrors.
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14. His confidence H4009 shall be rooted out H5423 of his tabernacle H4480 H168 , and it shall bring H6805 him to the king H4428 of terrors H1091 .
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15. Their tents are set on fire, and sulfur is scattered over their homes.
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15. It shall dwell H7931 in his tabernacle H168 , because it is none H4480 H1097 of his: brimstone H1614 shall be scattered H2219 upon H5921 his habitation H5116 .
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16. Their roots dry up below ground, and their branches die above ground.
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16. His roots H8328 shall be dried up H3001 beneath H4480 H8478 , and above H4480 H4605 shall his branch H7105 be cut off H5243 .
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17. People on earth will not remember them; their names will be forgotten in the land.
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17. His remembrance H2143 shall perish H6 from H4480 the earth H776 , and he shall have no H3808 name H8034 in H5921 the street H6440 H2351 .
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18. They will be driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.
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18. He shall be driven H1920 from light H4480 H216 into H413 darkness H2822 , and chased H5074 out of the world H4480 H8398 .
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19. They have no children or descendants among their people, and no one will be left alive where they once lived.
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19. He shall neither H3808 have son H5209 nor H3808 nephew H5220 among his people H5971 , nor H369 any remaining H8300 in his dwellings H4033 .
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20. People of the west will be shocked at what has happened to them, and people of the east will be very frightened.
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20. They that come after H314 him shall be astonished H8074 at H5921 his day H3117 , as they that went before H6931 were frightened H8178 .
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21. Surely this is what will happen to the wicked; such is the place of one who does not know God."
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21. Surely H389 such H428 are the dwellings H4908 of the wicked H5767 , and this H2088 is the place H4725 of him that knoweth H3045 not H3808 God H410 .
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