<h3>Bildad’s Second Response to Job</h3>18 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:<poetry> 2 <poetry>“How long before you stop talking? <indent>Speak sense if you want us to answer!</indent> </poetry> 3 <poetry>Do you think we are mere animals? <indent>Do you think we are stupid?</indent> </poetry> 4 <poetry>You may tear out your hair in anger, <indent>but will that destroy the earth?</indent> <indent>Will it make the rocks tremble?</indent><poetry></poetry> 5 <poetry>“Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. <indent>The sparks of their fire will not glow.</indent> </poetry> 6 <poetry>The light in their tent will grow dark. <indent>The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.</indent> </poetry> 7 <poetry>The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. <indent>Their own schemes will be their downfall.</indent> </poetry> 8 <poetry>The wicked walk into a net. <indent>They fall into a pit.</indent> </poetry> 9 <poetry>A trap grabs them by the heel. <indent>A snare holds them tight.</indent> </poetry> 10 <poetry>A noose lies hidden on the ground. <indent>A rope is stretched across their path.</indent><poetry></poetry> 11 <poetry>“Terrors surround the wicked <indent>and trouble them at every step.</indent> </poetry> 12 <poetry>Hunger depletes their strength, <indent>and calamity waits for them to stumble.</indent> </poetry> 13 <poetry>Disease eats their skin; <indent>death devours their limbs.</indent> </poetry> 14 <poetry>They are torn from the security of their homes <indent>and are brought down to the king of terrors.</indent> </poetry> 15 <poetry>The homes of the wicked will burn down; <indent>burning sulfur rains on their houses.</indent> </poetry> 16 <poetry>Their roots will dry up, <indent>and their branches will wither.</indent> </poetry> 17 <poetry>All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; <indent>no one will remember their names.</indent> </poetry> 18 <poetry>They will be thrust from light into darkness, <indent>driven from the world.</indent> </poetry> 19 <poetry>They will have neither children nor grandchildren, <indent>nor any survivor in the place where they lived.</indent> </poetry> 20 <poetry>People in the west are appalled at their fate; <indent>people in the east are horrified.</indent> </poetry> 21 <poetry>They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person, <indent>the place of one who rejected God.’”</indent></poetry>

Job 18:1

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:<pb/><poetry>

“How long before you stop talking? <indent>Speak sense if you want us to answer!</indent>

Job 18:2

Do you think we are mere animals? <indent>Do you think we are stupid?</indent>

Job 18:3

You may tear out your hair in anger, <indent>but will that destroy the earth?</indent> <indent>Will it make the rocks tremble?</indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 18:4

“Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. <indent>The sparks of their fire will not glow.</indent>

Job 18:5

The light in their tent will grow dark. <indent>The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.</indent>

Job 18:6

The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. <indent>Their own schemes will be their downfall.</indent>

Job 18:7

The wicked walk into a net. <indent>They fall into a pit.</indent>

Job 18:8

A trap grabs them by the heel. <indent>A snare holds them tight.</indent>

Job 18:9

A noose lies hidden on the ground. <indent>A rope is stretched across their path.</indent><pb/><poetry>

Job 18:10

“Terrors surround the wicked <indent>and trouble them at every step.</indent>

Job 18:11

Hunger depletes their strength, <indent>and calamity waits for them to stumble.</indent>

Job 18:12

Disease eats their skin; <indent>death devours their limbs.</indent>

Job 18:13

They are torn from the security of their homes <indent>and are brought down to the king of terrors.</indent>

Job 18:14

The homes of the wicked will burn down; <indent>burning sulfur rains on their houses.</indent>

Job 18:15

Their roots will dry up, <indent>and their branches will wither.</indent>

Job 18:16

All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; <indent>no one will remember their names.</indent>

Job 18:17

They will be thrust from light into darkness, <indent>driven from the world.</indent>

Job 18:18

They will have neither children nor grandchildren, <indent>nor any survivor in the place where they lived.</indent>

Job 18:19

People in the west are appalled at their fate; <indent>people in the east are horrified.</indent>

Job 18:20

They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person, <indent>the place of one who rejected God.’”</indent>

Job 18:21

 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:  2 “How long before you stop talking? Speak sense if you want us to answer!  3 Do you think we are mere animals? Do you think we are stupid?  4 You may tear out your hair in anger, but will that destroy the earth? Will it make the rocks tremble?  5 “Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. The sparks of their fire will not glow.  6 The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.  7 The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall.  8 The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit.  9 A trap grabs them by the heel. A snare holds them tight.  10 A noose lies hidden on the ground. A rope is stretched across their path.  11 “Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step.  12 Hunger depletes their strength, and calamity waits for them to stumble.  13 Disease eats their skin; death devours their limbs.  14 They are torn from the security of their homes and are brought down to the king of terrors.  15 The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses.  16 Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.  17 All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names.  18 They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world.  19 They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they lived.  20 People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified.  21 They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected God.’”

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