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Job 18


Job 18 - 1

Then Bildad the Shuhite ... replied :

Job 18 - 2

“ How long until you end ... these speeches ? Show some sense , and then we can talk.

Job 18 - 3

Why are we regarded as cattle , as stupid in your sight ?

Job 18 - 4

You who tear yourself in anger — should the earth be forsaken on your account , or the rocks be moved from their place ?

Job 18 - 5

Indeed , the lamp of the wicked is extinguished ; the flame of his fire does not glow.

Job 18 - 6

The light in his tent grows dark , and the lamp beside him goes out.

Job 18 - 7

His vigorous stride is shortened , and his own schemes trip him up.

Job 18 - 8

For his own feet lead him into a net , and he wanders into its mesh.

Job 18 - 9

A trap seizes his heel ; a snare grips him ....

Job 18 - 10

A noose is hidden in the ground , and a trap lies in his path.

Job 18 - 11

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

Job 18 - 12

His strength is depleted , and calamity (is) ready at his side.

Job 18 - 13

It devours patches of his skin ; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

Job 18 - 14

He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

Job 18 - 15

Fire resides in his tent ; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

Job 18 - 16

The roots beneath him dry up , and the branches above him wither away.

Job 18 - 17

The memory of him perishes from the earth , no name in the land.

Job 18 - 18

He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

Job 18 - 19

He has no offspring - or posterity among his people , no survivor where he once lived.

Job 18 - 20

Those in the west are appalled at his fate , while those in the east ... tremble in horror.

Job 18 - 21

Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked (and) the place of one who does not know God. ”