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18:1  Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
18:2  “How long will you keep talking? Show understanding and then we can talk.
18:3  Why are we thought of as animals? Why do you see us as not being able to think?
18:4  You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be left alone because of you? Or will the rocks be moved from their place?
18:5  “Yes, the light of the sinful is put out. His fire does not give light.
18:6  The light in his tent is made dark, and his lamp goes out above him.
18:7  His strong steps are made short, and his own plans make him fall.
18:8  For he is thrown down into a net by his own feet and walks on it.
18:9  A trap catches him by the foot and holds him.
18:10  A tied rope is hidden in the ground for him. A trap is set for him on the path.
18:11  He is filled with fear on every side. It follows him at every step.
18:12  His strength leaves him because trouble is waiting for him at every side.
18:13  His skin is eaten by disease and the beginning of death eats his legs.
18:14  He is taken away from his tent where he was safe, and is brought to the king of fears.
18:15  Fire destroys everything in his tent and sulphur is spread where he lives.
18:16  His roots are dried below and his branch is cut off above.
18:17  No one on earth will remember him. His name will not be known in the land.
18:18  He is sent from light into darkness, and driven away from where people live.
18:19  He has no children among his people to carry on his name where he lived.
18:20  Those in the west are surprised and afraid at what happened to him. And those in the east are filled with fear.
18:21  For sure, these are the houses of the sinful. This is the place of him who does not know God.”