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Job 18

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 "How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.

2 “When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.

3 Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?

3 Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?

4 You who tear yourself in anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed from its place?

4 You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?

5 "The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.

5 “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.

6 The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out.

6 The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.

7 The steps of his strength are shortened, And his own counsel casts him down.

7 The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down.

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.

8 His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.

9 The net takes him by the heel, And a snare lays hold of him.

9 A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.

10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the road.

10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.

11 Terrors frighten him on every side, And drive him to his feet.

11 Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.

12 His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side.

12 Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.

13 It devours patches of his skin; The firstborn of death devours his limbs.

13 It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs.

14 He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, And they parade him before the king of terrors.

14 He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.

15 They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.

15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.

16 His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.

16 His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.

17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned.

17 The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land.

18 He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.

19 He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.

19 He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.

20 Those in the west are astonished at his day, As those in the east are frightened.

20 People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God."

21 Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”