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18:1  Bildad the Shuhite encouraged Job to righteousness.
18:2  Bildad: How long will you keep up the hunt for words? Show some sense, and then we can actually converse.
18:3  Why is it we are like cattle to you, dumb animals in your eyes?
18:4  You speak of how God “tears at you,” you! You tear at yourself in your rage. Oh, how self-centered you are! Ought the earth be emptied of its inhabitants for your sake? Ought the rocks roll away for your convenience?
18:5  Remember, the flame of the wicked is extinguished. His fire no longer lends light to anything.
18:6  His tent-lamp goes dark; his bedside lamp flickers and dies.
18:7  His long strides falter, as his own plans take him down.
18:8  His then-weakened feet lead him to a net, And wander into its waiting mesh.
18:9  A snare clamps around his heel; he feels it dig into him.
18:10  This trap was set for him beforehand: a snare is hidden on the ground; a net is overhead along the path.
18:11  Terrors press in on every side and badger his every step.
18:12  His deepest fears stalk him as he staggers, craving him, and awaiting his imminent collapse.
18:13  Bit by bit, disease eats at his skin; bit by bit, the firstborn of death gnashes at his limbs.
18:14  He is torn violently from the safety of his tent and forced to march before the king of terrors.
18:15  Bildad: Nothing of his remains in his tent, and burning sulfur has been scattered on it so no one will dwell there again.
18:16  Death comes from both directions: from below, his roots dry out; from above, his branches wither.
18:17  On the earth, he disappears from memory; on the outside, no one recalls his name.
18:18  He is pushed out of the light into darkness and chased from the inhabited world altogether.
18:19  He has no children, no descendants among his people; no one survives him or escapes from his homeland.
18:20  His fate is unanimously viewed: with dismay in the West, with horror in the East.
18:21  Surely this is the way it goes with all evil people; surely this is the lot in life for those who do not know God.