Job 18

Job 18

18:1

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

18:2

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

18:3

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

18:4

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

18:5

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

18:6

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

18:7

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

18:8

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

18:9

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

18:10

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

18:11

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

18:12

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

18:13

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

18:14

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

18:15

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

18:16

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

18:17

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

18:18

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

18:19

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

18:20

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

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

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