Bildad

18 Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:

“When will you end these speeches?(B)
    Be sensible, and then we can talk.
Why are we regarded as cattle(C)
    and considered stupid in your sight?(D)
You who tear yourself(E) to pieces in your anger,(F)
    is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
    Or must the rocks be moved from their place?(G)

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Bildad’s Second Speech

18 Then[a] Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

How long[b] will you[c] hunt for words?[d]
Consider,[e] and afterward we shall speak.
Why are we considered as animals?
Why are we taken as[f] stupid in your[g] eyes?
You who are tearing yourself[h] in your[i] anger,
will the earth be forsaken because of you?[j]
Or[k] will the rock be removed from its place?

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Notas al pie

  1. Job 18:1 Hebrew “And”
  2. Job 18:2 Literally “Until when”
  3. Job 18:2 Plural
  4. Job 18:2 Literally “will you set a snare for words”
  5. Job 18:2 Or “you should consider”; plural second person
  6. Job 18:3 Or “considered”
  7. Job 18:3 Plural
  8. Job 18:4 Literally “his soul,” or “his individual self”
  9. Job 18:4 Hebrew “his”
  10. Job 18:4 Singular
  11. Job 18:4 Hebrew “And”