| Chapter 18 |
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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, -
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'How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. -
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Why are we counted as animals, Which have become unclean in your sight? -
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You who tear yourself in your anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place? -
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'Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine. -
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The light shall be dark in his tent, His lamp above him shall be put out. -
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The steps of his strength shall be shortened, His own counsel shall cast him down. -
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For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he wanders into its mesh. -
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A snare shall take him by the heel; A trap shall lay hold on him. -
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A noose is hidden for him in the ground, A trap for him in the way. -
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Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels. -
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His strength shall be famished, Calamity shall be ready at his side. -
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The members of his body shall be devoured, The firstborn of death shall devour his members. -
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He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors. -
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There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation. -
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His roots shall be dried up beneath, Above shall his branch be cut off. -
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His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street. -
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He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world. -
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He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned. -
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Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, As those who went before were frightened. -
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Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, This is the place of him who doesn't know God.' -
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