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# Chapter 18
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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
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2 “How long before you stop talking?
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Speak sense if you want us to answer!
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3 Do you think we are mere animals?
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Do you think we are stupid?
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4 You may tear out your hair in anger,
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but will that destroy the earth?
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Will it make the rocks tremble?
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5 “Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out.
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The sparks of their fire will not glow.
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6 The light in their tent will grow dark.
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The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.
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7 The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened.
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Their own schemes will be their downfall.
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8 The wicked walk into a net.
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They fall into a pit.
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9 A trap grabs them by the heel.
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A snare holds them tight.
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10 A noose lies hidden on the ground.
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A rope is stretched across their path.
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11 “Terrors surround the wicked
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and trouble them at every step.
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12 Hunger depletes their strength,
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and calamity waits for them to stumble.
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13 Disease eats their skin;
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death devours their limbs.
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14 They are torn from the security of their homes
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and are brought down to the king of terrors.
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15 The homes of the wicked will burn down;
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burning sulfur rains on their houses.
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16 Their roots will dry up,
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and their branches will wither.
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17 All memory of their existence will fade from the earth;
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no one will remember their names.
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18 They will be thrust from light into darkness,
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driven from the world.
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19 They will have neither children nor grandchildren,
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nor any survivor in the place where they lived.
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20 People in the west are appalled at their fate;
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people in the east are horrified.
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21 They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person,
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the place of one who rejected God.’” |