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Bildad’s Second Speech1

^18:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:

^18:2 “How long until you make an end of words? You must consider, and then we can talk. ^18:3 Why should we be regarded as beasts, and considered stupid in your sight? ^18:4 You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, will the earth be abandoned for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place? ^18:5 “Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine. ^18:6 The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished. ^18:7 His vigorous steps are restricted, and his own counsel throws him down. ^18:8 For he has been thrown into a net by his feet, and he wanders into a mesh. ^18:9 A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare grips him. ^18:10 A rope is hidden for him on the ground, and a trap for him lies on the path. ^18:11 Terrors frighten him on all sides and dog his every step. ^18:12 Calamity is hungry for him, and misfortune is ready at his side. ^18:13 It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs. ^18:14 He is dragged from the security of his tent, and marched off to the king of terrors. ^18:15 Fire resides in his tent; over his residence burning sulfur is scattered. ^18:16 Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above. ^18:17 His memory perishes from the earth he has no name in the land. ^18:18 He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. ^18:19 He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed. ^18:20 People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying, ^18:21 ‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”