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Job 18

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Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: Begin Abide·
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“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk. Begin Abide·
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Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight? Begin Abide·
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You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place? Begin Abide·
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Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. Begin Abide·
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The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out. Begin Abide·
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His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up. Begin Abide·
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For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh. Begin Abide·
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A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him. Begin Abide·
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A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path. Begin Abide·
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Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step. Begin Abide·
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His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side. Begin Abide·
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It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs. Begin Abide·
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He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors. Begin Abide·
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Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling. Begin Abide·
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The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away. Begin Abide·
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The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land. Begin Abide·
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He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world. Begin Abide·
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He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived. Begin Abide·
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Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror. Begin Abide·
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Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.” Begin Abide·