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18:1  Bildad the Shuhite responded:
18:2  How much longer are all of you going to keep hunting for words? Come to your senses! Then we can talk.
18:3  Why are we considered to be like cattle? Why are we regarded as unreasoning animals in your eyes?
18:4  You, who tear yourself to pieces with your anger, do you expect the earth to be made desolate for your sake? Should rocks be moved from their place for you?
18:5  The light of the wicked has been extinguished, and not a spark of his flame still shines.
18:6  In his tent, light becomes darkness when the lamp beside him goes out.
18:7  His powerful strides are tangled up, and his own plans bring him down.
18:8  Yes, his feet are caught in a net, and he stumbles into its webbing.
18:9  A trap snaps at his heel, and a snare catches him firmly.
18:10  A noose lies hidden on the ground for him. A trap is set on his path.
18:11  Terrors frighten him on every side. They harass him at every step.
18:12  His strength is eaten away by hunger, and disaster is waiting for him to stumble.
18:13  It eats away pieces of his skin. Death’s firstborn child eats away pieces of him.
18:14  He is torn away from the safety of his tent. He is marched off to the king of terrors.
18:15  Nothing that belonged to him remains in his tent. Sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
18:16  His roots dry up below, and his branches wither above.
18:17  All memory of him perishes from the earth. No one on the street remembers his name.
18:18  He is pushed away from the light into the darkness. He is chased out of the world.
18:19  He has no posterity or descendants among his people. He leaves no survivor in his place, where he lived as an alien.
18:20  People in the west shudder at his fate. People in the east are overcome with horror.
18:21  Certainly this is the dwelling place for an evil man. This is the place for one who does not acknowledge God.