| 章 |
| 18:1 |
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
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| 18:2 |
"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we shall speak.
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| 18:3 |
Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight?
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| 18:4 |
You who tear yourself in your anger-- shall the earth be forsaken because of you, or the rock be removed out of its place?
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| 18:5 |
"Surely the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of their fire does not shine.
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| 18:6 |
The light is dark in their tent, and the lamp above them is put out.
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| 18:7 |
Their strong steps are shortened, and their own schemes throw them down.
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| 18:8 |
For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall.
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| 18:9 |
A trap seizes them by the heel; a snare lays hold of them.
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| 18:10 |
A rope is hid for them in the ground, a trap for them in the path.
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| 18:11 |
Terrors frighten them on every side, and chase them at their heels.
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| 18:12 |
Their strength is consumed by hunger, and calamity is ready for their stumbling.
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| 18:13 |
By disease their skin is consumed, the firstborn of Death consumes their limbs.
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| 18:14 |
They are torn from the tent in which they trusted, and are brought to the king of terrors.
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| 18:15 |
In their tents nothing remains; sulfur is scattered upon their habitations.
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| 18:16 |
Their roots dry up beneath, and their branches wither above.
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| 18:17 |
Their memory perishes from the earth, and they have no name in the street.
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| 18:18 |
They are thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.
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| 18:19 |
They have no offspring or descendant among their people, and no survivor where they used to live.
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| 18:20 |
They of the west are appalled at their fate, and horror seizes those of the east.
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| 18:21 |
Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly, such is the place of those who do not know God."
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