Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Translation comparison
Job 18
21 aligned verses; 15 with wording or punctuation differences .
Verse
ASV
American Standard Version
KJV
King James Version
How long will ye hunt
for
words? Consider
, and afterwards we will speak.
How long will it
be
ere
ye make
an
end
of
words? mark
, and afterwards we will speak.
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, `
And '
are
become
unclean
in your sight?
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed
vile
in your sight?
Thou
that
tearest
thyself
in thine
anger ,
Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or
shall the rock be removed out of its
place?
He
teareth
himself
in his
anger :
shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and
shall the rock be removed out of his
place?
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
The light shall be dark in his tent
, And his lamp
above
him
shall be put out.
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle
, and his candle
shall be put out with
him
.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the
toils
.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a
snare
.
A
gin shall take `
him '
by the heel, `
And '
a
snare
shall lay
hold
on
him.
The
gin shall take him by the heel, and the
robber
shall prevail
against
him.
A
noose
is hid
for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
The
snare
is laid
for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase
him at
his heels
.
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive
him to
his feet
.
His strength shall be hunger-bitten
, And calamity
shall be ready at his side.
His strength shall be hungerbitten
, and destruction
shall be ready at his side.
The members
of his body
shall
be
devoured,
`Yea',
the first-born
of death shall devour his members
.
It
shall
devour
the strength
of his skin:
even
the firstborn
of death shall devour his strength
.
He
shall be rooted out of his tent
where
he
trusteth;
And he
shall be
brought
to the king of terrors.
His
confidence
shall be rooted out of his tabernacle,
and it
shall bring
him
to the king of terrors.
There
shall dwell in his tent
that
which
is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
It
shall dwell in his tabernacle,
because
it
is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
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 shall have
neither son nor son's
son
among his people, Nor any remaining where
he
sojourned
.
He shall neither have
son nor nephew
among his people, nor any remaining in
his
dwellings
.
They that come after shall be astonished
at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
They that come after him
shall be astonied
at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous
, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked
, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
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