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| | Job 18:1 | Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
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| | Job 18:2 | "When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.
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| | Job 18:3 | Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?
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| | Job 18:4 | You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
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| | Job 18:5 | "The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.
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| | Job 18:6 | The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.
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| | Job 18:7 | The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down.
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| | Job 18:8 | His feet thrust him into a net and he wanders into its mesh.
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| | Job 18:9 | A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.
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| | Job 18:10 | A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.
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| | Job 18:11 | Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
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| | Job 18:12 | Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.
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| | Job 18:13 | It eats away parts of his skin; death's firstborn devours his limbs.
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| | Job 18:14 | He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
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| | Job 18:15 | Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
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| | Job 18:16 | His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.
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| | Job 18:17 | The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land.
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| | Job 18:18 | He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.
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| | Job 18:19 | He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.
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| | Job 18:20 | Men of the west are appalled at his fate; men of the east are seized with horror.
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| | Job 18:21 | Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who knows not God."
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