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Job 18:1-7
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Job 18:1-7
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Bildad from Shuhah chimed in:
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"How monotonous these word games are getting! Get serious! We need to get down to business.
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Why do you treat your friends like slow-witted animals? You look down on us as if we don't know anything.
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Why are you working yourself up like this? Do you want the world redesigned to suit you? Should reality be suspended to accommodate you?
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"Here's the rule: The light of the wicked is put out. Their flame dies down and is extinguished.
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Their house goes dark - every lamp in the place goes out.
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Their strong strides weaken, falter; they stumble into their own traps.
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