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109 lines
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Bildad's Second Response to Job
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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.'"
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