Bildad Speaks
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How long until you stop talking?
Show some sense, and then we can talk.
3 Show some sense, and then we can talk.
Why are we regarded as cattle,
as stupid in your sight?
4 as stupid in your sight?
You who tear yourself in anger(a)—
should the earth be abandoned on your account,
or a rock be removed from its place?
should the earth be abandoned on your account,
or a rock be removed from its place?
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For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he strays into its mesh.
9 and he strays into its mesh.
A trap catches him by the heel;
a noose seizes him.
10 a noose seizes him.
A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,
and a snare waits for him along the path.
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13 and a snare waits for him along the path.
Parts of his skin are eaten away;
death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.
14 death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.
He is ripped from the security of his tent
and marched away to the king of terrors.
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18 and marched away to the king of terrors.
He is driven from light to darkness
and chased from the inhabited world.
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21 and chased from the inhabited world.
Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man,
and this is the place of the one who does not know God.(L)
and this is the place of the one who does not know God.(L)
Footnotes:
a.
Job 18:4: Lit He who tears himself in his anger
b.
Job 18:12: Or disaster hungers for him
c.
Job 18:17: Or name in the streets