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18:1  Bildad from Shuah answered:
18:2  How long? Would you all stop talking. Try to understand and then we can speak.
18:3  Why are we considered beasts, ignorant in your sight?
18:4  To you who tear yourself in rage— will earth be forsaken for your sake, a rock be dislodged from its place?
18:5  To be sure, the light of the wicked goes out; the blaze of their fire doesn’t shine.
18:6  The light in their tent becomes dark, and their lamp above doesn’t shine.
18:7  Their strong strides slow down; their plans trip themselves.
18:8  They are caught by their feet in a net; they walk on mesh.
18:9  A trap grabs them by the heel; a snare tightens on them.
18:10  A rope is hidden on the ground for them; a trap for them along the path.
18:11  Terrors round about scare them; they follow their steps.
18:12  Their offspring hunger; calamity is ready for their spouses.
18:13  It eats some of their skin. Death’s firstborn consumes their limbs.
18:14  They are snatched from the safety of their tent; it parades them before the king of terrors.
18:15  Nothing they own remains in their tent; sulfur is scattered over their home.
18:16  Their roots dry out below; their branches wither above.
18:17  The memory of them will perish from the earth; they will achieve no recognition abroad.
18:18  They are thrust from light into darkness, banished from the world.
18:19  They have no offspring or descendants among their people, no survivor in their dwelling place.
18:20  Their successors are appalled at what happens to them; their predecessors pull their hair.
18:21  These are surely the dwelling places of the evil; this is the place of the one who doesn’t know God.