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| [1]Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit: |
[1]And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: -- |
| [2]Usque ad quem finem verba jactabitis? intelligite prius, et sic loquamur. |
[2]When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak. |
| [3]Quare reputati sumus ut jumenta, et sorduimus coram vobis? |
[3]Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes! |
| [4]Qui perdis animam tuam in furore tuo, numquid propter te derelinquetur terra, et transferentur rupes de loco suo? |
[4](He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place? |
| [5]Nonne lux impii extinguetur, nec splendebit flamma ignis ejus? |
[5]Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire. |
| [6]Lux obtenebrescet in tabernaculo illius: et lucerna quæ super eum est extinguetur. |
[6]The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished. |
| [7]Arctabuntur gressus virtutis ejus, et præcipitabit eum consilium suum. |
[7]Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel. |
| [8]Immisit enim in rete pedes suos, et in maculis ejus ambulat. |
[8]For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually. |
| [9]Tenebitur planta illius laqueo, et exardescet contra eum sitis. |
[9]Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing. |
| [10]Abscondita est in terra pedica ejus, et decipula illius super semitam. |
[10]Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path. |
| [11]Undique terrebunt eum formidines, et involvent pedes ejus. |
[11]Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him -- at his feet. |
| [12]Attenuetur fame robur ejus, et inedia invadat costas illius. |
[12]Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side. |
| [13]Devoret pulchritudinem cutis ejus, consumat brachia illius primogenita mors. |
[13]It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born. |
| [14]Avellatur de tabernaculo suo fiducia ejus: et calcet super eum, quasi rex, interitus. |
[14]Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors. |
| [15]Habitent in tabernaculo illius socii ejus qui non est: aspergatur in tabernaculo ejus sulphur. |
[15]It dwelleth in his tent -- out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur. |
| [16]Deorsum radices ejus siccentur: sursum autem atteratur messis ejus. |
[16]From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop. |
| [17]Memoria illius pereat de terra, et non celebretur nomen ejus in plateis. |
[17]His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street. |
| [18]Expellet eum de luce in tenebras, et de orbe transferet eum. |
[18]They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out. |
| [19]Non erit semen ejus, neque progenies in populo suo, nec ullæ reliquiæ in regionibus ejus. |
[19]He hath no continuator, Nor successor among his people, And none is remaining in his dwellings. |
| [20]In die ejus stupebunt novissimi, et primos invadet horror. |
[20]At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright. |
| [21]Hæc sunt ergo tabernacula iniqui, et iste locus ejus qui ignorat Deum. |
[21]Only these [are] tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known. |