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Job 18

21 aligned verses; 21 with wording or punctuation differences .

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Verse BSB Berean Standard Bible ASV American Standard Version
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite , and said,
“ How long until you end these speeches ? Show some sense , and then we can talk .
How long will ye hunt for words ? Consider , and afterwards we will speak .
Why are we regarded as cattle , as stupid in your sight?
Wherefore are we counted as beasts , `And' are become unclean in your sight?
You who tear yourself in anger — should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger , Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
Indeed , the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow .
Yea , the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine .
The light in his tent grows dark , and the lamp beside him goes out.
The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
His vigorous stride is shortened , and his own schemes trip him up .
The steps of his strength shall be straitened , And his own counsel shall cast him down .
For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh .
For he is cast into a net by his own feet , And he walketh upon the toils .
A trap seizes his heel ; a snare grips him.
A gin shall take `him' by the heel , `And' a snare shall lay hold on him.
A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path .
A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way .
Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step .
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side , And shall chase him at his heels .
His strength is depleted , and calamity is ready at his side.
His strength shall be hunger-bitten , And calamity shall be ready at his side.
It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs .
The members of his body shall be devoured, `Yea', the first-born of death shall devour his members .
He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
Fire resides in his tent ; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling .
There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his : Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation .
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away .
His roots shall be dried up beneath , And above shall his branch be cut off .
The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land .
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street .
He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
He shall be driven from light into darkness , And chased out of the world.
He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived .
He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned .
Those in the west are appalled at his fate , while those in the east tremble in horror .
They that come after shall be astonished at his day , As they that went before were affrighted .
Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God. ”
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

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