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Job 18
[1] Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
[2] “How long will you hunt for words?
Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
[3] Why are we counted as animals,
which have become unclean in your sight?
[4] You who tear yourself in your anger,
will the earth be forsaken for you?
Or will the rock be removed out of its place? [5] “Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out.
The spark of his fire won’t shine.
[6] The light will be dark in his tent.
His lamp above him will be put out.
[7] The steps of his strength will be shortened.
His own counsel will cast him down.
[8] For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
and he wanders into its mesh.
[9] A snare will take him by the heel.
A trap will catch him.
[10] A noose is hidden for him in the ground,
a trap for him on the path.
[11] Terrors will make him afraid on every side,
and will chase him at his heels.
[12] His strength will be famished.
Calamity will be ready at his side.
[13] The members of his body will be devoured.
The firstborn of death will devour his members.
[14] He will be rooted out of the security of his tent.
He will be brought to the king of terrors.
[15] There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his.
Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.
[16] His roots will be dried up beneath.
His branch will be cut off above.
[17] His memory will perish from the earth.
He will have no name in the street.
[18] He will be driven from light into darkness,
and chased out of the world.
[19] He will have neither son nor grandson among his people,
nor any remaining where he lived.
[20] Those who come after will be astonished at his day,
as those who went before were frightened.
[21] Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous.
This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”
[2] “How long will you hunt for words?
Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
[3] Why are we counted as animals,
which have become unclean in your sight?
[4] You who tear yourself in your anger,
will the earth be forsaken for you?
Or will the rock be removed out of its place? [5] “Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out.
The spark of his fire won’t shine.
[6] The light will be dark in his tent.
His lamp above him will be put out.
[7] The steps of his strength will be shortened.
His own counsel will cast him down.
[8] For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
and he wanders into its mesh.
[9] A snare will take him by the heel.
A trap will catch him.
[10] A noose is hidden for him in the ground,
a trap for him on the path.
[11] Terrors will make him afraid on every side,
and will chase him at his heels.
[12] His strength will be famished.
Calamity will be ready at his side.
[13] The members of his body will be devoured.
The firstborn of death will devour his members.
[14] He will be rooted out of the security of his tent.
He will be brought to the king of terrors.
[15] There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his.
Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.
[16] His roots will be dried up beneath.
His branch will be cut off above.
[17] His memory will perish from the earth.
He will have no name in the street.
[18] He will be driven from light into darkness,
and chased out of the world.
[19] He will have neither son nor grandson among his people,
nor any remaining where he lived.
[20] Those who come after will be astonished at his day,
as those who went before were frightened.
[21] Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous.
This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”