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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Toe het Bildad die Sugiet geantwoord, en gesê,
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How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
Hoe lank sal dit wees voor julle ‚'n einde maak van woorde? merk, en daarna sal ons spreek.
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Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight?
Waarom word ons as diere gereken, en as onrein in julle oë?
4
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Hy verskeur sy siel in sy toorn: sal die aarde ter wille van jou verlaat word? en sal die rots uit sy plek verwyder word?
5
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Ja, die lig van die goddelose sal uitgeblus word, en die vonk van sy vuur sal nie skyn nie.
6
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Die lig sal duister wees in sy tent, en sy kers by hom sal uitgeblus word.
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The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
Die treë van sy krag sal vernou word, en sy eie raad sal hom neerwerp.
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For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
Want hy is in ‚'n net deur sy eie voete uitgestuur, en hy wandel op ‚'n strik.
9
The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.
Die strik sal hom by die hiel gryp, en die rower sal seëvier teen hom.
10
The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
Die strik is vir hom in die grond gelê, en ’n val vir hom op die pad.
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Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Verskrikkinge sal hom aan alle kante verskrik, en hom by die voete drywe.
12
His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side.
Sy krag sal honger wees, en vernietiging sal gereed wees by sy sy.
13
It shall devour the strength of his skin: [even] the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
Dit sal die krag van sy vel verteer: selfs die eersgeborene van die dood sal sy krag verteer.
14
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
Sy vertroue sal uit sy tent uitgeruk word, en dit sal hom na die koning van verskrikkinge bring.
15
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because [it is] none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
Dit sal in sy tent woon, omdat dit nie syne is nie: swawel sal op sy woning gestrooi word.
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His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
Sy wortels sal onder uitgedroog word, en bo sal sy tak afgesny word.
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His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Sy nagedagtenis sal van die aarde vergaan, en hy sal geen naam hê op die straat nie.
18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Hy sal uit die lig in die duisternis gedrywe word, en uit die wêreld verjaag word.
19
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
Hy sal geen seun of neef onder sy volk hê nie, en geen oorblyfsel in sy wonings nie.
20
They that come after [him] shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
Dié wat ná hom kom, sal verbaas wees oor sy dag, soos dié wat voorheen was, met verskrikking bevange was.
21
Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, and this [is] the place [of him that] knoweth not God.
Sekerlik is sulke die wonings van die goddelose, en dit is die plek van hom wat God nie ken nie.