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18:1  Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
18:2  “When will you stop these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.
18:3  You think of us as cattle, as if we are stupid.
18:4  You tear yourself to pieces in your anger. Should the earth be vacant just for you? Should the rocks move from their places?
18:5  “The lamp of the wicked will be put out, and the flame in their lamps will stop burning.
18:6  The light in their tents will grow dark, and the lamps by their sides will go out.
18:7  Their strong steps will grow weak; they will fall into their own evil traps.
18:8  Their feet will be caught in a net when they walk into its web.
18:9  A trap will catch them by the heel and hold them tight.
18:10  A trap for them is hidden on the ground, right in their path.
18:11  Terrible things startle them from every side and chase them at every step.
18:12  Hunger takes away their strength, and disaster is at their side.
18:13  Disease eats away parts of their skin; death gnaws at their arms and legs.
18:14  They are torn from the safety of their tents and dragged off to Death, the King of Terrors.
18:15  Their tents are set on fire, and sulfur is scattered over their homes.
18:16  Their roots dry up below ground, and their branches die above ground.
18:17  People on earth will not remember them; their names will be forgotten in the land.
18:18  They will be driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world.
18:19  They have no children or descendants among their people, and no one will be left alive where they once lived.
18:20  People of the west will be shocked at what has happened to them, and people of the east will be very frightened.
18:21  Surely this is what will happen to the wicked; such is the place of one who does not know God.”