Job 18

New American Standard Bible 1995

Bildad Speaks of the Wicked

1Then BildadH1085 the ShuhiteH7747 1respondedH6030 H559,2“HowH575 longH5704 will you huntH7760 H7078 for wordsH4405? ShowH995 understandingH995 and thenH310 we can talkH1696.3WhyH4069 are we 2regardedH2803 as beastsH929, As stupidH2933 in your eyesH5869?4O 3you who tearH2963 yourselfH5315 in your angerH639-- For your sakeH4616 is the earthH776 to be abandonedH5800, Or the rockH6697 to be movedH6275 from its placeH4725?

5“IndeedH1571, the 4lightH216 of the wickedH7563 goesH1846 out, And the 5flameH7632 of his fireH784 givesH5050 noH3808 lightH5050.6The lightH216 in his tentH168 is 6darkenedH2821, And his lampH5216 goesH1846 out aboveH5921 him.7His 7vigorousH202 strideH6806 is shortenedH6887, And his 8own schemeH6098 bringsH7993 him downH7993.8For he is 9thrownH7971 into the netH7568 by his own feetH7272, And he stepsH1980 on the webbingH7639.9A snareH6341 seizesH270 him by the heelH6119, And a trapH6782 snapsH2388 shutH2388 on him.10A nooseH2256 for him is hiddenH2934 in the groundH776, And a trapH4434 for him on the pathH5410.11AllH5439 aroundH5439 10terrorsH1091 frightenH1204 him, And 11harryH6327 him at every stepH7272.12His strengthH202 is 12famishedH7457, And calamityH343 is readyH3559 at his sideH6763.13 13His skinH5785 is devouredH398 by diseaseH905, The firstbornH1060 of deathH4194 14devoursH398 his 15limbsH905.14He is 16tornH5423 from 17the securityH4009 of his tentH168, And 18they marchH6805 him before the kingH4428 of 19terrorsH1091.15 20There dwellsH7931 in his tentH168 nothingH1097 of his; 21BrimstoneH1614 is scatteredH2219 on his habitationH5116.16His 22rootsH8328 are driedH3001 belowH4480 H8478, And his 23branchH7105 is cutH4448 offH4448 aboveH4480 H4605.17 24MemoryH2143 of him perishesH6 from the earthH776, And he has noH3808 nameH8034 abroadH6440 H2351.18 25He is drivenH1920 from lightH216 26into darknessH2822, And 27chasedH5074 from the inhabitedH8398 worldH8398.19He has noH3808 28offspringH5209 or posterityH5220 among his peopleH5971, NorH369 any survivorH8300 whereH4033 he sojournedH4033.20Those 29in the westH314 are appalledH8074 at 30his 31fateH3117, And those 32in the eastH6931 are seizedH270 with horrorH8178.21SurelyH389 suchH428 are the 33dwellingsH4908 of the wickedH5767, And thisH2088 is the placeH4725 of him who does not knowH3045 GodH410.”

Notes

1. Job 18:1 Lit answered and said ↩
2. Job 18:3 Ps 73:22 ↩
3. Job 18:4 Lit he...tears himself...his ↩
4. Job 18:5 Job 21:17; Prov 13:9; 20:20; 24:20 ↩
5. Job 18:5 Lit spark ↩
6. Job 18:6 Job 12:25 ↩
7. Job 18:7 Lit steps of his strength ↩
8. Job 18:7 Job 15:6 ↩
9. Job 18:8 Job 22:10; Ps 9:15; 35:8; Is 24:17, 18 ↩
10. Job 18:11 Job 15:21 ↩
11. Job 18:11 Job 18:18; 20:8 ↩
12. Job 18:12 Is 8:21 ↩
13. Job 18:13 Heb It eats parts of his skin ↩
14. Job 18:13 Zech 14:12 ↩
15. Job 18:13 Or parts ↩
16. Job 18:14 Job 8:22; 18:6 ↩
17. Job 18:14 Lit his tent his trust ↩
18. Job 18:14 Or you or she shall march ↩
19. Job 18:14 Job 15:21 ↩
20. Job 18:15 A suggested reading is Fire dwells in his tent ↩
21. Job 18:15 Ps 11:6 ↩
22. Job 18:16 Is 5:24; Hos 9:16; Amos 2:9; Mal 4:1 ↩
23. Job 18:16 Job 15:30, 32 ↩
24. Job 18:17 Job 24:20; Ps 34:16; Prov 10:7 ↩
25. Job 18:18 Lit They drive him...And chase him ↩
26. Job 18:18 Job 5:14; Is 8:22 ↩
27. Job 18:18 Job 20:8; 27:21-23 ↩
28. Job 18:19 Job 27:14, 15; Is 14:22 ↩
29. Job 18:20 Lit who come after ↩
30. Job 18:20 Ps 37:13; Jer 50:27; Obad 12 ↩
31. Job 18:20 Lit day ↩
32. Job 18:20 Lit who have gone before ↩
33. Job 18:21 Job 21:28 ↩

Bildad Speaks of the Wicked

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