1.6 KiB
Bildad Speaks
Chapter 18
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Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
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How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
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Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
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You who tear yourself in anger-- should the earth be abandoned on your account, or a rock be removed from its place?
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Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
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The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him is put out.
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His powerful stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
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For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh.
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A trap catches him by the heel; a noose seizes him.
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A rope lies hidden for him on the ground, and a snare waits for him along the path.
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Terrors frighten him on every side and harass him at every step.
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His strength is depleted; disaster lies ready for him to stumble.
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Parts of his skin are eaten away; death's firstborn consumes his limbs.
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He is ripped from the security of his tent and marched away to the king of terrors.
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Nothing he owned remains in his tent. Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.
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His roots below dry up, and his branches above wither away.
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All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere.
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He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world.
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He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live.
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Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
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Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man, and this is the place of the one who does not know God.