Job 18

1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

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2'How long will you keep talking? Pay close attention so we may also speak.

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3Why have we been silent before you Like four-footed animals?

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4Wrath possesses you. Suppose you die; Would the earth under heaven be uninhabited, Or the mountains be overturned from their foundations?

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5'The light of the ungodly will go out, And their flame will not go up.

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6His light shall be dark in his dwelling, And his lamp beside him shall be put out.

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7May the least of men pounce on his goods, And let his counsel stumble him.

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8For his foot has been caught in a snare, And he is entangled in a net.

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9May snares come upon him. He shall strengthen those who thirst for his destruction.

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10A snare is hidden in the ground for him, And a capture awaits him on the beaten paths.

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11May sorrows destroy him on every side; And may many enemies come about him And plague him with severe hunger,

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12For a destruction out of the ordinary is prepared for him.

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13May the toes of his feet be devoured, For death will consume his beauty.

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14May health be banished from his dwelling, And may distress seize him because of a royal decree.

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15It shall dwell in his tent at night, And his goodly appearance shall be sown with brimstone.

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16His roots shall be dried out from below, And his crop shall be trampled from above.

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17His memory shall perish from the earth, And his name shall be remembered no more.

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18May he be driven from light into darkness.

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19He shall not be known among his people, Nor his house preserved on the earth; But others shall live among his possessions.

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20The last groaned for him, and wonder seized the first.

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21These are the dwellings of wrongdoers, And this is the place of those who do not know the Lord.'

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