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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 will you hunt for words?
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Consider, and then we will speak.
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3 Why are we counted as cattle?
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Why are we stupid in your sight?
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4 You who tear yourself in your anger,
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shall the earth be forsaken for you,
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or the rock be removed out of its place?
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5 “Indeed, the light of the wicked is put 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 above him is put out.
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7 His strong steps are shortened,
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and his own schemes throw 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 on its mesh.
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9 A trap seizes him by the heel;
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a snare lays hold of him.
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10 A rope is hidden for him in the ground,
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a trap for him in the path.
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11 Terrors frighten him on every side,
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and chase him at his heels.
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12 His strength is famished,
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and calamity is ready for his stumbling.
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13 It consumes the parts of his skin;
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the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.
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14 He is torn from the tent in which he trusted
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and is brought to the king of terrors.
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15 In his tent dwells that which is none of his;
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sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
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16 His roots dry up beneath,
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and his branches wither above.
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17 His memory perishes from the earth,
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and he has no name in the street.
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18 He is thrust from light into darkness,
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and driven out of the world.
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19 He has no posterity or progeny among his people,
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and no survivor where he used to live.
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20 They of the west are appalled at his day,
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and horror seizes them of the east.
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21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous,
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such is the place of him who knows not God.” |