1.7 KiB
Bildad Speaks: God Punishes the Wicked
Chapter 18
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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
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"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak.
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Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
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You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place?
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"Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
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The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.
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His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down.
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For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh.
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A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him.
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A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path.
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Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels.
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His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling.
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It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.
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He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors.
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In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
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His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above.
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His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street.
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He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.
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He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live.
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They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east.
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Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not God."