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Job
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Then Bildad from Shuah replied [to Job],
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Job
18
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2
"How long before your words will end? Think it through, and then we'll talk.
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Job
18
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3
Why do you think of us as cattle? Why are we considered stupid in your eyes?
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Job
18
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4
Why do you rip yourself apart in anger? Should the earth be abandoned for your sake or a boulder be dislodged?
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Job
18
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5
"Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out. The flame of his fire stops glowing.
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Job
18
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6
The light in his tent becomes dark, and the lamp above him is snuffed out.
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18
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7
"His healthy stride is shortened, and his own planning trips him up.
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Job
18
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8
His own feet get him tangled in a net as he walks around on its webbing.
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Job
18
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9
A trap catches his heel. A snare holds him.
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Job
18
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10
A rope is hidden on the ground for him. A trap is on his path [to catch] him.
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Job
18
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11
"Terrors suddenly pounce on him from every side and chase him every step he takes.
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18
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12
Hunger undermines his strength. Disaster is waiting beside him.
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18
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13
His skin is eaten away by disease. Death's firstborn son eats away at the limbs of his body.
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18
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14
He is dragged from the safety of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
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18
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15
Fire lives in his tent. Sulfur is scattered over his home.
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Job
18
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16
His roots dry up under him. His branches wither over him.
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Job
18
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17
All memory about him will vanish from the earth, and his reputation will not be known on the street corner.
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Job
18
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18
He will be driven from the light into the dark and chased out of the world.
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Job
18
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19
He will not have any children or descendants among his people or any survivor where he used to live.
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18
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20
People in the west are shocked by what happens to him. People in the east are seized with horror.
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18
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This is what happens to the homes of wicked people and to those who do not know God."