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The Book of Job

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- Chapter 18 -

Bildad: The wicked will be punished

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And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:
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“When do you set an end to words? Consider, and afterward we speak.
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Why have we been reckoned as livestock? We have been defiled in your eyes!
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He is tearing himself in his anger. Is earth forsaken for your sake? And is a rock removed from its place?
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Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there does not shine a spark of his fire.
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The light has been dark in his tent, || And his lamp over him is extinguished.
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The steps of his strength are restricted, || And his own counsel casts him down.
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For he is sent into a net by his own feet, || And he habitually walks on a snare.
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A trap seizes on the heel, || The designing prevails over him.
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His cord is hidden in the earth, || And his trap on the path.
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Terrors have terrified him all around, || And they have scattered him—at his feet.
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His sorrow is hungry, || And calamity is ready at his side.
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It consumes the parts of his skin, || Death’s firstborn consumes his parts.
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His confidence is drawn from his tent, || And it causes him to step to the king of terrors.
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It dwells in his tent—out of his provender, || Sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
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From beneath his roots are dried up, || And from above his crop is cut off.
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His memorial has perished from the land, || And he has no name on the street.
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They thrust him from light to darkness, || And cast him out from the habitable earth.
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He has no continuator, || Nor successor among his people, || And none is remaining in his dwellings.
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At this day, those [in the] west have been astonished, || And those [in the] east have taken fright.
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Only these [are] dwelling places of the perverse, || And this [is] the place God has not known.”
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Bildad: The wicked will be punished

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