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Job 18 :: Amplified Bible (AMP)

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Bildad Speaks of the Wicked

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Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

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“How long will you hunt for words and continue these speeches?

Do some clear thinking and show understanding and then we can talk.

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“Why are we regarded as beasts,

As if [we are] stupid (senseless) in your eyes?

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“You who tear yourself apart in anger,

Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake,

Or the rock to be moved out of its place?

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“Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out,

And the flame of his fire will not shine.

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“The light will be dark in his tent,

And his lamp beside him will be put out.

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“The vigorous stride will be shortened,

And his own counsel and the scheme [in which he trusted] will bring his downfall.

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“For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness),

And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].

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“A snare catches him by the heel,

And a trap snaps shut on him.

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“A noose is hidden for him on the ground,

And a trap for him on the path.

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“Terrors frighten him on every side

And chase at his heels.

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“The strength [of the wicked] is famished and weakened,

And disaster is ready at his side [if he stops].

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“His skin is devoured by disease;

The firstborn of death [the worst of diseases] consumes his limbs.

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“He is torn from his tent which he trusted [for safety],

And he is marched and brought to the king of terrors (death).

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“Nothing of his dwells in his tent;

Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].

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“The roots [of the wicked] are dried up below,

And above, his branch is cut off and withers.

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“Memory of him perishes from the earth,

And he has no name on the street.

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“He is driven and propelled from light into darkness,

And chased from the inhabited world.

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“He has no offspring or prosperity among his people,

Nor any survivor where he sojourned.

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“Those in the west are astonished and appalled at his fate,

And those in the east are seized with horror.

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“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked and the ungodly,

And such is the place of him who does not know or recognize or honor God.”

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