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