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-Bildad: The Wicked Are Punished
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 # Chapter 18
-1. Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
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-2. "How long till you put an end to words?
+1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
+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,
+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,
+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,
+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,
+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,
+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,
+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,
+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,
+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,
+11 Terrors frighten him on every side,
 And drive him to his feet.
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-12. His strength is starved,
+12 His strength is starved,
 And destruction is ready at his side.
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-13. It devours patches of his skin;
+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,
+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;
+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,
+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,
+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,
+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,
+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,
+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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+21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
+And this is the place of him who does not know God.”