Job.15.1

Eliphaz of Teman spoke a second time:

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Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

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Then Eliphaz the Temanite answered and said:

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Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:

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"If you were truly wise, would you sound so much like a windbag, belching hot air?

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"Would a wise man answer with empty notions or fill his belly with the hot east wind?

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"Should a wise man answer with empty knowledge, And fill himself with the east wind?

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"You are supposed to be a wise man, and yet you give us all this foolish talk. You are nothing but a windbag.

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Would you talk nonsense in the middle of a serious argument, babbling baloney?

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Would he argue with useless words, with speeches that have no value?

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Should he reason with unprofitable talk, Or by speeches with which he can do no good?

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It isn't right to speak so foolishly. What good do such words do?

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Look at you! You trivialize religion, turn spiritual conversation into empty gossip.

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But you even undermine piety and hinder devotion to God.

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Yes, you cast off fear, And restrain prayer before God.

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Have you no fear of God, no reverence for him?

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It's your sin that taught you to talk this way. You chose an education in fraud.

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Your sin prompts your mouth; you adopt the tongue of the crafty.

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For your iniquity teaches your mouth, And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

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Your sins are telling your mouth what to say. Your words are based on clever deception.

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Your own words have exposed your guilt. It's nothing I've said--you've incriminated yourself!

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Your own mouth condemns you, not mine; your own lips testify against you.

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Your own mouth condemns you, and not I; Yes, your own lips testify against you.

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But why should I condemn you? Your own mouth does!

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Do you think you're the first person to have to deal with these things? Have you been around as long as the hills?

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"Are you the first man ever born? Were you brought forth before the hills?

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"Are you the first man who was born? Or were you made before the hills?

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"Were you the first person ever born? Were you born before the hills were made?

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Were you listening in when God planned all this? Do you think you're the only one who knows anything?

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Do you listen in on God's council? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

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Have you heard the counsel of God? Do you limit wisdom to yourself?

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Were you listening at God's secret council? Do you have a monopoly on wisdom?

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What do you know that we don't know? What insights do you have that we've missed?

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What do you know that we do not know? What insights do you have that we do not have?

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What do you know that we do not know? What do you understand that is not in us?

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What do you know that we don't? What do you understand that we don't?

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Gray beards and white hair back us up--old folks who've been around a lot longer than you.

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The gray-haired and the aged are on our side, men even older than your father.

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Both the gray-haired and the aged are among us, Much older than your father.

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On our side are aged, gray-haired men much older than your father!

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Are God's promises not enough for you, spoken so gently and tenderly?

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Are God's consolations not enough for you, words spoken gently to you?

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Are the consolations of God too small for you, And the word spoken gently with you?

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"Is God's comfort too little for you? Is his gentle word not enough?

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Why do you let your emotions take over, lashing out and spitting fire,

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Why has your heart carried you away, and why do your eyes flash,

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Why does your heart carry you away, And what do your eyes wink at,

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What has captured your reason? What has weakened your vision,

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Pitting your whole being against God by letting words like this come out of your mouth?

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so that you vent your rage against God and pour out such words from your mouth?

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That you turn your spirit against God, And let such words go out of your mouth?

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that you turn against God and say all these evil things?

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Do you think it's possible for any mere mortal to be sinless in God's sight, for anyone born of a human mother to get it all together?

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"What is man, that he could be pure, or one born of woman, that he could be righteous?

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"What is man, that he could be pure? And he who is born of a woman, that he could be righteous?

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Can a mortal be pure? Can a human be just?

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Why, God can't even trust his holy angels. He sees the flaws in the very heavens themselves,

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If God places no trust in his holy ones, if even the heavens are not pure in his eyes,

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If God puts no trust in His saints, And the heavens are not pure in His sight,

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Why, God doesn't even trust the angels! Even the heavens cannot be absolutely pure in his sight.

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So how much less we humans, smelly and foul, who lap up evil like water?

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how much less man, who is vile and corrupt, who drinks up evil like water!

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How much less man, who is abominable and filthy, Who drinks iniquity like water!

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How much less pure is a corrupt and sinful person with a thirst for wickedness!

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"I've a thing or two to tell you, so listen up! I'm letting you in on my views;

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"Listen to me and I will explain to you; let me tell you what I have seen,

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"I will tell you, hear me; What I have seen I will declare,

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"If you will listen, I will answer you from my own experience.

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It's what wise men and women have always taught, holding nothing back from what they were taught

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what wise men have declared, hiding nothing received from their fathers

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What wise men have told, Not hiding anything received from their fathers,

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And it is confirmed by the experience of wise men who have heard the same thing from their fathers,

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By their parents, back in the days when they had this land all to themselves:

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(to whom alone the land was given when no alien passed among them):

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To whom alone the land was given, And no alien passed among them:

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those to whom the land was given long before any foreigners arrived.

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Those who live by their own rules, not God's, can expect nothing but trouble, and the longer they live, the worse it gets.

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All his days the wicked man suffers torment, the ruthless through all the years stored up for him.

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The wicked man writhes with pain all his days, And the number of years is hidden from the oppressor.

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"Wicked people are in pain throughout their lives.

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Every little sound terrifies them. Just when they think they have it made, disaster strikes.

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Terrifying sounds fill his ears; when all seems well, marauders attack him.

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Dreadful sounds are in his ears; In prosperity the destroyer comes upon him.

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They are surrounded by terrors, and even on good days they fear the attack of the destroyer.

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They despair of things ever getting better--they're on the list of people for whom things always turn out for the worst.

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He despairs of escaping the darkness; he is marked for the sword.

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He does not believe that he will return from darkness, For a sword is waiting for him.

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They dare not go out into the darkness for fear they will be murdered.

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They wander here and there, never knowing where the next meal is coming from--every day is doomsday!

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He wanders about-food for vultures; he knows the day of darkness is at hand.

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He wanders about for bread, saying, "Where is it?' He knows that a day of darkness is ready at his hand.

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They wander abroad for bread, saying, `Where is it?' They know their ruin is certain.

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They live in constant terror, always with their backs up against the wall

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Distress and anguish fill him with terror; they overwhelm him, like a king poised to attack,

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Trouble and anguish make him afraid; They overpower him, like a king ready for battle.

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That dark day terrifies them. They live in distress and anguish, like a king preparing for an attack.

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Because they insist on shaking their fists at God, defying God Almighty to his face,

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because he shakes his fist at God and vaunts himself against the Almighty,

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For he stretches out his hand against God, And acts defiantly against the Almighty,

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For they have clenched their fists against God, defying the Almighty.

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Always and ever at odds with God, always on the defensive.

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defiantly charging against him with a thick, strong shield.

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Running stubbornly against Him With his strong, embossed shield.

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Holding their strong shields, they defiantly charge against him.

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"Even if they're the picture of health, trim and fit and youthful,

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"Though his face is covered with fat and his waist bulges with flesh,

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"Though he has covered his face with his fatness, And made his waist heavy with fat,

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"These wicked people are fat and rich,

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They'll end up living in a ghost town sleeping in a hovel not fit for a dog, a ramshackle shack.

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he will inhabit ruined towns and houses where no one lives, houses crumbling to rubble.

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He dwells in desolate cities, In houses which no one inhabits, Which are destined to become ruins.

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but their cities will be ruined. They will live in abandoned houses that are ready to tumble down.

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They'll never get ahead, never amount to a hill of beans.

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He will no longer be rich and his wealth will not endure, nor will his possessions spread over the land.

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He will not be rich, Nor will his wealth continue, Nor will his possessions overspread the earth.

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They will not continue to be rich. Their wealth will not endure, and their possessions will no longer spread across the horizon.

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And then death--don't think they'll escape that! They'll end up shriveled weeds, brought down by a puff of God's breath.

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He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God's mouth will carry him away.

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He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath of His mouth he will go away.

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"They will not escape the darkness. The flame will burn them up, and the breath of God will destroy everything they have.

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There's a lesson here: Whoever invests in lies, gets lies for interest,

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Let him not deceive himself by trusting what is worthless, for he will get nothing in return.

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Let him not trust in futile things, deceiving himself, For futility will be his reward.

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Let them no longer trust in empty riches. They are only fooling themselves, for emptiness will be their only reward.

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Paid in full before the due date. Some investment!

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Before his time he will be paid in full, and his branches will not flourish.

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It will be accomplished before his time, And his branch will not be green.

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They will be cut down in the prime of life, and all they counted on will disappear.

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They'll be like fruit frost-killed before it ripens, like buds sheared off before they bloom.

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He will be like a vine stripped of its unripe grapes, like an olive tree shedding its blossoms.

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He will shake off his unripe grape like a vine, And cast off his blossom like an olive tree.

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They will be like a vine whose grapes are harvested before they are ripe, like an olive tree that sheds its blossoms so the fruit cannot form.

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The godless are fruitless--a barren crew; a life built on bribes goes up in smoke.

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For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of those who love bribes.

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For the company of hypocrites will be barren, And fire will consume the tents of bribery.

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For the godless are barren. Their homes, enriched through bribery, will be consumed by fire.

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They have sex with sin and give birth to evil. Their lives are wombs for breeding deceit." HKJob Defends HimselfHK If You Were in My Shoes

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They conceive trouble and give birth to evil; their womb fashions deceit."

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They conceive trouble and bring forth futility; Their womb prepares deceit."

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They conceive trouble and evil, and their hearts give birth only to deceit."

Job.16.1

Then Job defended himself:

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Then Job replied:

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Then Job answered and said:

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Then Job spoke again:

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"I've had all I can take of your talk. What a bunch of miserable comforters!

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"I have heard many things like these; miserable comforters are you all!

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"I have heard many such things; Miserable comforters are you all!

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"I have heard all this before. What miserable comforters you are!

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Is there no end to your windbag speeches? What's your problem that you go on and on like this?

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Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing?

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Shall words of wind have an end? Or what provokes you that you answer?

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Won't you ever stop your flow of foolish words? What have I said that makes you speak so endlessly?

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If you were in my shoes, I could talk just like you. I could put together a terrific harangue and really let you have it.

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I also could speak like you, if you were in my place; I could make fine speeches against you and shake my head at you.

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I also could speak as you do, If your soul were in my soul's place. I could heap up words against you, And shake my head at you;

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I could say the same things if you were in my place. I could spout off my criticisms against you and shake my head at you.

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But I'd never do that. I'd console and comfort, make things better, not worse!

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But my mouth would encourage you; comfort from my lips would bring you relief.

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But I would strengthen you with my mouth, And the comfort of my lips would relieve your grief.

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But that's not what I would do. I would speak in a way that helps you. I would try to take away your grief.

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"When I speak up, I feel no better; if I say nothing, that doesn't help either.

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"Yet if I speak, my pain is not relieved; and if I refrain, it does not go away.

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"Though I speak, my grief is not relieved; And if I remain silent, how am I eased?

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But as it is, my grief remains no matter how I defend myself. And it does not help if I refuse to speak.

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I feel worn down. God, you have wasted me totally--me and my family!

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Surely, O God, you have worn me out; you have devastated my entire household.

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But now He has worn me out; You have made desolate all my company.

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"O God, you have ground me down and devastated my family.

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You've shriveled me like a dried prune, showing the world that you're against me. My gaunt face stares back at me from the mirror, a mute witness to your treatment of me.

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You have bound me-and it has become a witness; my gauntness rises up and testifies against me.

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You have shriveled me up, And it is a witness against me; My leanness rises up against me And bears witness to my face.

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You have reduced me to skin and bones--as proof, they say, of my sins.

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Your anger tears at me, your teeth rip me to shreds, your eyes burn holes in me--God, my enemy!

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God assails me and tears me in his anger and gnashes his teeth at me; my opponent fastens on me his piercing eyes.

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He tears me in His wrath, and hates me; He gnashes at me with His teeth; My adversary sharpens His gaze on me.

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God hates me and tears angrily at my flesh. He gnashes his teeth at me and pierces me with his eyes.

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People take one look at me and gasp. Contemptuous, they slap me around and gang up against me.

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Men open their mouths to jeer at me; they strike my cheek in scorn and unite together against me.

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They gape at me with their mouth, They strike me reproachfully on the cheek, They gather together against me.

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People jeer and laugh at me. They slap my cheek in contempt. A mob gathers against me.

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And God just stands there and lets them do it, lets wicked people do what they want with me.

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God has turned me over to evil men and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.

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God has delivered me to the ungodly, And turned me over to the hands of the wicked.

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God has handed me over to sinners. He has tossed me into the hands of the wicked.

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I was contentedly minding my business when God beat me up. He grabbed me by the neck and threw me around. He set me up as his target,

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All was well with me, but he shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target;

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I was at ease, but He has shattered me; He also has taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces; He has set me up for His target,

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"I was living quietly until he broke me apart. He took me by the neck and dashed me to pieces. Then he set me up as his target.

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then rounded up archers to shoot at me. Merciless, they shot me full of arrows; bitter bile poured from my gut to the ground.

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his archers surround me. Without pity, he pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground.

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His archers surround me. He pierces my heart and does not pity; He pours out my gall on the ground.

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His archers surrounded me, and his arrows pierced me without mercy. The ground is wet with my blood.

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He burst in on me, onslaught after onslaught, charging me like a mad bull.

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Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior.

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He breaks me with wound upon wound; He runs at me like a warrior.

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Again and again he smashed me, charging at me like a warrior.

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"I sewed myself a shroud and wore it like a shirt; I lay face down in the dirt.

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"I have sewed sackcloth over my skin and buried my brow in the dust.

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"I have sewn sackcloth over my skin, And laid my head in the dust.

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Here I sit in sackcloth. I have surrendered, and I sit in the dust.

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Now my face is blotched red from weeping; look at the dark shadows under my eyes,

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My face is red with weeping, deep shadows ring my eyes;

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My face is flushed from weeping, And on my eyelids is the shadow of death;

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My eyes are red with weeping; darkness covers my eyes.

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Even though I've never hurt a soul and my prayers are sincere!

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yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure.

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Although no violence is in my hands, And my prayer is pure.

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Yet I am innocent, and my prayer is pure.

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"O Earth, don't cover up the wrong done to me! Don't muffle my cry!

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"O earth, do not cover my blood; may my cry never be laid to rest!

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"O earth, do not cover my blood, And let my cry have no resting place!

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"O earth, do not conceal my blood. Let it cry out on my behalf.

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There must be Someone in heaven who knows the truth about me, in highest heaven, some Attorney who can clear my name--

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Even now my witness is in heaven; my advocate is on high.

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Surely even now my witness is in heaven, And my evidence is on high.

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Even now my witness is in heaven. My advocate is there on high.

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My Champion, my Friend, while I'm weeping my eyes out before God.

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My intercessor is my friend as my eyes pour out tears to God;

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My friends scorn me; My eyes pour out tears to God.

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My friends scorn me, but I pour out my tears to God.

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I appeal to the One who represents mortals before God as a neighbor stands up for a neighbor.

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on behalf of a man he pleads with God as a man pleads for his friend.

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Oh, that one might plead for a man with God, As a man pleads for his neighbor!

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Oh, that someone would mediate between God and me, as a person mediates between friends.

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"Only a few years are left before I set out on the road of no return.

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"Only a few years will pass before I go on the journey of no return.

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For when a few years are finished, I shall go the way of no return.

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For soon I must go down that road from which I will never return.

Job.17.1

"My spirit is broken, my days used up, my grave dug and waiting.

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My spirit is broken, my days are cut short, the grave awaits me.

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"My spirit is broken, My days are extinguished, The grave is ready for me.

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"My spirit is crushed, and I am near death. The grave is ready to receive me.

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See how these mockers close in on me? How long do I have to put up with their insolence?

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Surely mockers surround me; my eyes must dwell on their hostility.

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Are not mockers with me? And does not my eye dwell on their provocation?

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I am surrounded by mockers. I watch how bitterly they taunt me.

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"O God, pledge your support for me. Give it to me in writing, with your signature. You're the only one who can do it!

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"Give me, O God, the pledge you demand. Who else will put up security for me?

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"Now put down a pledge for me with Yourself. Who is he who will shake hands with me?

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"You must defend my innocence, O God, since no one else will stand up for me.

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These people are so useless! You know firsthand how stupid they can be. You wouldn't let them have the last word, would you?

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You have closed their minds to understanding; therefore you will not let them triumph.

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For You have hidden their heart from understanding; Therefore You will not exalt them.

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You have closed their minds to understanding, but do not let them triumph.

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Those who betray their own friends leave a legacy of abuse to their children.

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If a man denounces his friends for reward, the eyes of his children will fail.

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He who speaks flattery to his friends, Even the eyes of his children will fail.

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They denounce their companions for their own advantage, so let their children faint with hunger.

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"God, you've made me the talk of the town--people spit in my face;

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"God has made me a byword to everyone, a man in whose face people spit.

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"But He has made me a byword of the people, And I have become one in whose face men spit.

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"God has made a mockery of me among the people; they spit in my face.

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I can hardly see from crying so much; I'm nothing but skin and bones.

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My eyes have grown dim with grief; my whole frame is but a shadow.

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My eye has also grown dim because of sorrow, And all my members are like shadows.

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My eyes are dim with weeping, and I am but a shadow of my former self.

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Decent people can't believe what they're seeing; the good-hearted wake up and insist I've given up on God.

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Upright men are appalled at this; the innocent are aroused against the ungodly.

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Upright men are astonished at this, And the innocent stirs himself up against the hypocrite.

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The upright are astonished when they see me. The innocent are aroused against the ungodly.

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"But principled people hold tight, keep a firm grip on life, sure that their clean, pure hands will get stronger and stronger!

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Nevertheless, the righteous will hold to their ways, and those with clean hands will grow stronger.

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Yet the righteous will hold to his way, And he who has clean hands will be stronger and stronger.

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The righteous will move onward and forward, and those with pure hearts will become stronger and stronger.

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"Maybe you'd all like to start over, to try it again, the bunch of you. So far I haven't come across one scrap of wisdom in anything you've said.

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"But come on, all of you, try again! I will not find a wise man among you.

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"But please, come back again, all of you, For I shall not find one wise man among you.

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"As for all of you, come back and try again! But I will not find a wise man among you.

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My life's about over. All my plans are smashed, all my hopes are snuffed out--

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My days have passed, my plans are shattered, and so are the desires of my heart.

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My days are past, My purposes are broken off, Even the thoughts of my heart.

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My days are over. My hopes have disappeared. My heart's desires are broken.

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My hope that night would turn into day, my hope that dawn was about to break.

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These men turn night into day; in the face of darkness they say, 'Light is near.'

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They change the night into day; "The light is near,' they say, in the face of darkness.

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They say that night is day and day is night; how they pervert the truth!

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If all I have to look forward to is a home in the graveyard, if my only hope for comfort is a well-built coffin,

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If the only home I hope for is the grave, if I spread out my bed in darkness,

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If I wait for the grave as my house, If I make my bed in the darkness,

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I might go to the grave and make my bed in darkness.

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If a family reunion means going six feet under, and the only family that shows up is worms,

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if I say to corruption, 'You are my father,' and to the worm, 'My mother' or 'My sister,'

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If I say to corruption, "You are my father,' And to the worm, "You are my mother and my sister,'

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And I might call the grave my father, and the worm my mother and my sister.

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Do you call that hope? Who on earth could find any hope in that?

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where then is my hope? Who can see any hope for me?

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Where then is my hope? As for my hope, who can see it?

Job.17.15

But where then is my hope? Can anyone find it?

Job.17.16

No. If hope and I are to be buried together, I suppose you'll all come to the double funeral!" HKBildad's Second AttackHK Plunged from Light into Darkness

Job.17.16

Will it go down to the gates of death? Will we descend together into the dust?"

Job.17.16

Will they go down to the gates of Sheol? Shall we have rest together in the dust?"

Job.17.16

No, my hope will go down with me to the grave. We will rest together in the dust!"

Job.18.1

Bildad from Shuhah chimed in:

Job.18.1

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Job.18.1

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

Job.18.1

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Job.18.2

"How monotonous these word games are getting! Get serious! We need to get down to business.

Job.18.2

"When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.

Job.18.2

"How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.

Job.18.2

"How long before you stop talking? Speak sense if you want us to answer!

Job.18.3

Why do you treat your friends like slow-witted animals? You look down on us as if we don't know anything.

Job.18.3

Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?

Job.18.3

Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?

Job.18.3

Do you think we are cattle? Do you think we have no intelligence?

Job.18.4

Why are you working yourself up like this? Do you want the world redesigned to suit you? Should reality be suspended to accommodate you?

Job.18.4

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?

Job.18.4

You who tear yourself in anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed from its place?

Job.18.4

You may tear your hair out in anger, but will that cause the earth to be abandoned? Will it make rocks fall from a cliff?

Job.18.5

"Here's the rule: The light of the wicked is put out. Their flame dies down and is extinguished.

Job.18.5

"The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.

Job.18.5

"The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.

Job.18.5

"The truth remains that the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. The sparks of their fire will not glow.

Job.18.6

Their house goes dark--every lamp in the place goes out.

Job.18.6

The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.

Job.18.6

The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out.

Job.18.6

The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.

Job.18.7

Their strong strides weaken, falter; they stumble into their own traps.

Job.18.7

The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down.

Job.18.7

The steps of his strength are shortened, And his own counsel casts him down.

Job.18.7

The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall.

Job.18.8

They get all tangled up in their own red tape,

Job.18.8

His feet thrust him into a net and he wanders into its mesh.

Job.18.8

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.

Job.18.8

"The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit that's been dug in the path.

Job.18.9

Their feet are grabbed and caught, their necks in a noose.

Job.18.9

A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.

Job.18.9

The net takes him by the heel, And a snare lays hold of him.

Job.18.9

A trap grabs them by the heel. A noose tightens around them.

Job.18.10

They trip on ropes they've hidden, and fall into pits they've dug themselves.

Job.18.10

A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.

Job.18.10

A noose is hidden for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the road.

Job.18.10

A snare lies hidden in the ground. A rope lies coiled on their path.

Job.18.11

Terrors come at them from all sides. They run helter-skelter.

Job.18.11

Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.

Job.18.11

Terrors frighten him on every side, And drive him to his feet.

Job.18.11

"Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step.

Job.18.12

The hungry grave is ready to gobble them up for supper,

Job.18.12

Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.

Job.18.12

His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side.

Job.18.12

Their vigor is depleted by hunger, and calamity waits for them to stumble.

Job.18.13

To lay them out for a gourmet meal, a treat for ravenous Death.

Job.18.13

It eats away parts of his skin; death's firstborn devours his limbs.

Job.18.13

It devours patches of his skin; The firstborn of death devours his limbs.

Job.18.13

Disease eats their skin; death devours their limbs.

Job.18.14

They are snatched from their home sweet home and marched straight to the death house.

Job.18.14

He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.

Job.18.14

He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, And they parade him before the king of terrors.

Job.18.14

They are torn from the security of their tent, and they are brought down to the king of terrors.

Job.18.15

Their lives go up in smoke; acid rain soaks their ruins.

Job.18.15

Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.

Job.18.15

They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.

Job.18.15

The home of the wicked will disappear beneath a fiery barrage of burning sulfur.

Job.18.16

Their roots rot and their branches wither.

Job.18.16

His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.

Job.18.16

His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.

Job.18.16

Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.

Job.18.17

They'll never again be remembered--nameless in unmarked graves.

Job.18.17

The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land.

Job.18.17

The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned.

Job.18.17

All memory of their existence will perish from the earth. No one will remember them.

Job.18.18

They are plunged from light into darkness, banished from the world.

Job.18.18

He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

Job.18.18

He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

Job.18.18

They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world.

Job.18.19

And they leave empty-handed--not one single child--nothing to show for their life on this earth.

Job.18.19

He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.

Job.18.19

He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.

Job.18.19

They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in their home country.

Job.18.20

Westerners are aghast at their fate, easterners are horrified:

Job.18.20

Men of the west are appalled at his fate; men of the east are seized with horror.

Job.18.20

Those in the west are astonished at his day, As those in the east are frightened.

Job.18.20

People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified.

Job.18.21

"Oh no! So this is what happens to perverse people. This is how the God--ignorant end up!'" HKJob Answers BildadHK I Call for Help and No One Bothers

Job.18.21

Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who knows not God."

Job.18.21

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God."

Job.18.21

They will say, `This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected God.'"