2 “How long will you hunt for words and continue these speeches?Do some clear thinking and show understanding and then we can talk.
2 “How long will you hunt for words?Show understanding and then we can talk.
2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
2 How long until you stop talking?Show some sense, and then we can talk.
2 "When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk.
4 “You who tear yourself apart in anger,Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake,Or the rock to be moved out of its place?
4 “O (b)you who tear yourself in your anger—For your sake is the earth to be abandoned,Or the rock to be moved from its place?
4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
4 You who tear yourself in anger(a)—should the earth be abandoned on your account,or a rock be removed from its place?
4 You're tearing yourself to pieces in your anger. Will the land be abandoned because of you, or the rock be moved from its place?"
8 “For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness),And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
8 For his own feet lead him into a net,and he strays into its mesh.
8 "For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network!
9 “A snare catches him by the heel,And a trap snaps shut on him.
9 “A snare seizes him by the heel,And a trap snaps shut on him.
9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
9 A trap catches him by the heel;a noose seizes him.
9 The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him.
10 “A noose is hidden for him on the ground,And a trap for him on the path.
10 “A noose for him is hidden in the ground,And a trap for him on the path.
10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
10 A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,and a snare waits for him along the path.
10 A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking."
13 “His skin is devoured by disease;The firstborn of death [the worst of diseases] consumes his limbs.
13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
13 Parts of his skin are eaten away;death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.
13 Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease consumes his limbs.
14 “He is torn from his tent which he trusted [for safety],And he is marched and brought to the king of terrors (death).
14 “He is (J)torn from (g)the security of his tent,And (h)they march him before the king of (K)terrors.
14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
14 He is ripped from the security of his tentand marched away to the king of terrors.
14 Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors.
15 “Nothing of his dwells in his tent;Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].
15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
15 "There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.
18 “He is driven and propelled from light into darkness,And chased from the inhabited world.
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
18 He is driven from light to darknessand chased from the inhabited world.
18 He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.
20 “Those in the west are astonished and appalled at his fate,And those in the east are seized with horror.
20 “Those (k)in the west are appalled at (S)his (l)fate,And those (m)in the east are seized with horror.
20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
20 People who live west of him are appalled at his fate; those who live east of him are seized with terror.
21 “Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked and the ungodly,And such is the place of him who does not know or recognize or honor God.”
21 “Surely such are the (T)dwellings of the wicked,And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
21 Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man,and this is the place of the one who does not know God.(L)
21 Indeed, the residences of the wicked are like this; and so are the homes of those who don't know God."
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