Job 18 | BSB Bible Study

Job 18:1 (BSB)
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Job 18:2 (BSB)
“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

Job 18:3 (BSB)
Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

Job 18:4 (BSB)
You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

Job 18:5 (BSB)
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

Job 18:6 (BSB)
The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

Job 18:7 (BSB)
His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

Job 18:8 (BSB)
For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

Job 18:9 (BSB)
A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

Job 18:10 (BSB)
A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

Job 18:11 (BSB)
Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

Job 18:12 (BSB)
His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

Job 18:13 (BSB)
It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

Job 18:14 (BSB)
He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

Job 18:15 (BSB)
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

Job 18:16 (BSB)
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

Job 18:17 (BSB)
The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

Job 18:18 (BSB)
He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

Job 18:19 (BSB)
He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

Job 18:20 (BSB)
Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

Job 18:21 (BSB)
Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”

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