Job 18
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1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered: 1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2"How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk. 2“How long before you stop talking? Speak sense if you want us to answer!
3Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight? 3Do you think we are mere animals? Do you think we are stupid?
4You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place? 4You may tear out your hair in anger, but will that destroy the earth? Will it make the rocks tremble?
5"Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine. 5“Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. The sparks of their fire will not glow.
6The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished. 6The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.
7His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down. 7The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall.
8For he has been thrown into a net by his feet and he wanders into a mesh. 8The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit.
9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him. 9A trap grabs them by the heel. A snare holds them tight.
10A rope is hidden for him on the ground and a trap for him lies on the path. 10A noose lies hidden on the ground. A rope is stretched across their path.
11Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step. 11“Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step.
12Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side. 12Hunger depletes their strength, and calamity waits for them to stumble.
13It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs. 13Disease eats their skin; death devours their limbs.
14He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors. 14They are torn from the security of their homes and are brought down to the king of terrors.
15Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered. 15The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses.
16Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above. 16Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.
17His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land. 17All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names.
18He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. 18They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world.
19He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed. 19They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they lived.
20People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying, 20People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified.
21Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.'" 21They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected God.’”
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