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Job 18	Job 18
Job 18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,	Job 18:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,
Job 18:2 How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.	Job 18:2 How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.
Job 18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight?	Job 18:3 Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?
Job 18:4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?	Job 18:4 But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?
Job 18:5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.	Job 18:5 For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.
Job 18:6 The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.	Job 18:6 The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.
Job 18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.	Job 18:7 The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.
Job 18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.	Job 18:8 His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.
Job 18:9 A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.	Job 18:9 His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.
Job 18:10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.	Job 18:10 The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.
Job 18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.	Job 18:11 He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.
Job 18:12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.	Job 18:12 His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.
Job 18:13 The members of his body shall be devoured, [Yea], the first-born of death shall devour his members.	Job 18:13 His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.
Job 18:14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.	Job 18:14 He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.
Job 18:15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.	Job 18:15 In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.
Job 18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.	Job 18:16 Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.
Job 18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.	Job 18:17 His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.
Job 18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.	Job 18:18 He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.
Job 18:19 He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.	Job 18:19 He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.
Job 18:20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.	Job 18:20 At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.
Job 18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.	Job 18:21 Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.