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18:1  Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
18:2  "How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk.
18:3  "Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes?
18:4  "O you who tear yourself in your anger-- For your sake is the earth to be abandoned, Or the rock to be moved from its place?
18:5  "Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.
18:6  "The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.
18:7  "His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own scheme brings him down.
18:8  "For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.
18:9  "A snare seizes him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him.
18:10  "A noose for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path.
18:11  "All around terrors frighten him, And harry him at every step.
18:12  "His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side.
18:13  "His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
18:14  "He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him before the king of terrors.
18:15  "There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.
18:16  "His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above.
18:17  "Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad.
18:18  "He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.
18:19  "He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
18:20  "Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror.
18:21  "Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God."