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Job 18 :: New King James Version (NKJV)

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