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Job 18 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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Bildad: The Wicked Are Punished
Bildad Says the Wicked Are Punished
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:1 - Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:2 - “How long till you put an end to words?
Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:3 - Why are we counted as beasts,
And regarded as stupid in your sight?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:4 - You who tear yourself in anger,
Shall the earth be forsaken for you?
Or shall the rock be removed from its place?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:5 - “The light of the wicked indeed goes out,
And the flame of his fire does not shine.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:6 - The light is dark in his tent,
And his lamp beside him is put out.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:7 - The steps of his strength are shortened,
And his own counsel casts him down.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:8 - For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walks into a snare.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:9 - The net takes him by the heel,
And a snare lays hold of him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:10 - A noose is hidden for him on the ground,
And a trap for him in the road.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:11 - Terrors frighten him on every side,
And drive him to his feet.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:12 - His strength is starved,
And destruction is ready at his side.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:13 - It devours patches of his skin;
The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:14 - He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent,
And they parade him before the king of terrors.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:15 - They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:16 - His roots are dried out below,
And his branch withers above.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:17 - The memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name among the renowned.[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:18 - He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:19 - He has neither son nor posterity among his people,
Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:20 - Those in the west are astonished at his day,
As those in the east are frightened.
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 18:21 - Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
NKJV Footnotes
Literally before the outside, meaning distinguished, famous
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