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18:1  Then Bildad from Shuah replied to Job,
18:2  “How long before your words will end? Think it through, and then we’ll talk.
18:3  Why do you think of us as cattle? Why are we considered stupid in your eyes?
18:4  Why do you rip yourself apart in anger? Should the earth be abandoned for your sake or a boulder be dislodged?
18:5  “Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out. The flame of his fire stops glowing.
18:6  The light in his tent becomes dark, and the lamp above him is snuffed out.
18:7  “His healthy stride is shortened, and his own planning trips him up.
18:8  His own feet get him tangled in a net as he walks around on its webbing.
18:9  A trap catches his heel. A snare holds him.
18:10  A rope is hidden on the ground for him. A trap is on his path to catch him.
18:11  “Terrors suddenly pounce on him from every side and chase him every step he takes.
18:12  Hunger undermines his strength. Disaster is waiting beside him.
18:13  His skin is eaten away by disease. Death’s firstborn son eats away at the limbs of his body.
18:14  He is dragged from the safety of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
18:15  Fire lives in his tent. Sulfur is scattered over his home.
18:16  His roots dry up under him. His branches wither over him.
18:17  All memory about him will vanish from the earth, and his reputation will not be known on the street corner.
18:18  He will be driven from the light into the dark and chased out of the world.
18:19  He will not have any children or descendants among his people or any survivor where he used to live.
18:20  People in the west are shocked by what happens to him. People in the east are seized with horror.
18:21  This is what happens to the homes of wicked people and to those who do not know El.”