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Job 18 : 1 - 21
Chapter 18
1 | Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
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2 | "How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.
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3 | Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?
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4 | You who tear yourself in anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed from its place?
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5 | "The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.
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6 | The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out.
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7 | The steps of his strength are shortened, And his own counsel casts him down.
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8 | For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.
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9 | The net takes him by the heel, And a snare lays hold of him.
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10 | A noose is hidden for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the road.
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11 | Terrors frighten him on every side, And drive him to his feet.
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12 | His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side.
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13 | It devours patches of his skin; The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
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14 | He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, And they parade him before the king of terrors.
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15 | They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
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16 | His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.
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17 | The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned.
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18 | He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
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19 | He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
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20 | Those in the west are astonished at his day, As those in the east are frightened.
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21 | Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God."
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