Job 18:1-7

1 Bildad from Shuhah chimed in:
2 "How monotonous these word games are getting! Get serious! We need to get down to business.
3 Why do you treat your friends like slow-witted animals? You look down on us as if we don't know anything.
4 Why are you working yourself up like this? Do you want the world redesigned to suit you? Should reality be suspended to accommodate you?
5 "Here's the rule: The light of the wicked is put out. Their flame dies down and is extinguished.
6 Their house goes dark - every lamp in the place goes out.
7 Their strong strides weaken, falter; they stumble into their own traps.
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