JobChapter 18

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¹Then Bildad the Shuhite answered: ²"How long until you stop these speeches?
Use some sense, and then we can talk. ³Why do you think of us as cattle?
Why do we seem stupid to you? ⁴You tear yourself apart in your anger.
Should the earth be left empty just for you?
Should the rocks be moved from their place? ⁵Yes, the lamp of the wicked man is put out.
The flame of his fire stops glowing. ⁶The light in his tent grows dark.
The lamp beside him goes out. ⁷His strong steps grow short.
His own plans trip him up. ⁸His own feet lead him into a net.
He wanders into its web of ropes. ⁹A trap catches him by the heel.
A snare holds him tight. ¹⁰A rope loop is hidden in the ground for him.
A trap lies in his path. ¹¹Terrors frighten him on every side.
They chase him at every step. ¹²His strength is used up.
Disaster is ready at his side. ¹³It eats away patches of his skin.
Death's firstborn eats up his arms and legs. ¹⁴He is torn from the safety of his tent.
He is marched off to the king of terrors. ¹⁵Fire lives in his tent.
Burning sulfur rains down on his home. ¹⁶His roots below him dry up.
His branches above him wither. ¹⁷The memory of him dies from the earth.
No one in the land knows his name. ¹⁸He is driven from light into darkness.
He is chased out of the world where people live. ¹⁹He has no children or grandchildren among his people.
No one is left alive where he once lived. ²⁰People in the west are shocked at what happens to him.
People in the east shake with horror. ²¹Surely this is what happens to the home of the wicked.
This is the place of the one who doesn't know God."