1 A nd Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

Entonces Bildad, el Suhita respondió:

2 H ow long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.

“¿Hasta cuándo estarán rebuscando palabras? Muestren entendimiento y entonces hablaremos.

3 W herefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight?

¿Por qué somos considerados como bestias, Y torpes a sus ojos?

4 T hou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

¡Oh tú, que te desgarras en tu ira! ¿Ha de ser abandonada la tierra por tu causa, O removida la roca de su lugar?

5 Y ea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.

Ciertamente la luz de los impíos se apaga, Y no brillará la llama de su fuego.

6 T he light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

La luz en su tienda se oscurece, Y su lámpara sobre él se apaga.

7 T he steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

Su vigoroso paso es acortado, Y su propio designio lo hace caer.

8 F or he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;

Porque es arrojado en la red por sus propios pies, Y sobre mallas camina.

9 T he gin taketh by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;

Por el talón lo aprisiona un lazo, Y una trampa se cierra sobre él.

10 A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.

Escondido está en la tierra un lazo para él, Y una trampa lo aguarda en la senda.

11 T errors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.

Por todas partes lo atemorizan terrores, Y lo hostigan a cada paso.

12 H is strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.

Se agota por el hambre su vigor, Y la desgracia está presta a su lado.

13 T he firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.

Devora su piel la enfermedad, Devora sus miembros el primogénito de la muerte.

14 H is confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:

Es arrancado de la seguridad de su tienda, Es conducido al rey de los terrores.

15 T hey who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:

Nada suyo mora en su tienda; Azufre es esparcido sobre su morada.

16 H is roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;

Por abajo se secan sus raíces, Y por arriba se marchita su ramaje.

17 H is remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.

Su memoria perece de la tierra, Y no tiene nombre en toda la región.

18 H e is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Es lanzado de la luz a las tinieblas, Y de la tierra habitada lo echan.

19 H e hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.

No tiene descendencia ni posteridad entre su pueblo, Ni sobreviviente alguno donde él peregrinó.

20 T hey that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

De su destino se asombran los del occidente, Y los del oriente se sobrecogen de terror.

21 S urely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God.

Ciertamente tales son las moradas del impío, Este es el lugar del que no conoce a Dios.”