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Job 18
New International Version

### Bildad

18 Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:

2 “When will you end these speeches?(B)
Be sensible, and then we can talk.
3 Why are we regarded as cattle(C)
and considered stupid in your sight?(D)
4 You who tear yourself(E) to pieces in your anger,(F)
is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
Or must the rocks be moved from their place?(G)

5 “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;(H)
the flame of his fire stops burning.(I)
6 The light in his tent(J) becomes dark;(K)
the lamp beside him goes out.(L)
7 The vigor(M) of his step is weakened;(N)
his own schemes(O) throw him down.(P)
8 His feet thrust him into a net;(Q)
he wanders into its mesh.
9 A trap seizes him by the heel;
a snare(R) holds him fast.(S)
10 A noose(T) is hidden for him on the ground;
a trap(U) lies in his path.(V)
11 Terrors(W) startle him on every side(X)
and dog(Y) his every step.
12 Calamity(Z) is hungry(AA) for him;
disaster(AB) is ready for him when he falls.(AC)
13 It eats away parts of his skin;(AD)
death’s firstborn devours his limbs.(AE)
14 He is torn from the security of his tent(AF)
and marched off to the king(AG) of terrors.(AH)
15 Fire resides[a] in his tent;(AI)
burning sulfur(AJ) is scattered over his dwelling.
16 His roots dry up below(AK)
and his branches wither above.(AL)
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth;(AM)
he has no name(AN) in the land.(AO)
18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness(AP)
and is banished(AQ) from the world.(AR)
19 He has no offspring(AS) or descendants(AT) among his people,
no survivor(AU) where once he lived.(AV)
20 People of the west are appalled(AW) at his fate;(AX)
those of the east are seized with horror.
21 Surely such is the dwelling(AY) of an evil man;(AZ)
such is the place(BA) of one who does not know God.”(BB)

#### Footnotes

1. Job 18:15 Or Nothing he had remains

#### Cross references

1. Job 18:1 : S Job 8:1
2. Job 18:2 : S Job 8:2; S 16:3
3. Job 18:3 : S Job 12:7
4. Job 18:3 : Ps 73:22
5. Job 18:4 : Job 13:14
6. Job 18:4 : S Job 16:9
7. Job 18:4 : Job 14:18
8. Job 18:5 : Job 21:17; 35:15; Pr 13:9; 20:20; 24:20; Jer 25:10; Mt 25:8; Jn 8:12
9. Job 18:5 : S Job 5:14; 12:25; 24:17; 38:15
10. Job 18:6 : S Job 8:22
11. Job 18:6 : S Job 5:14
12. Job 18:6 : S Job 11:17; S 12:25
13. Job 18:7 : S Job 13:26
14. Job 18:7 : Ps 18:36; Pr 4:12
15. Job 18:7 : S Job 5:13
16. Job 18:7 : S Job 15:6
17. Job 18:8 : Job 19:6; Ps 9:15; 10:9; 35:7; 57:6; 66:11; 140:5; La 1:13; Mic 7:2; Hab 1:15
18. Job 18:9 : Job 22:10; 30:12; Isa 24:18; Jer 48:44; Am 5:19
19. Job 18:9 : Pr 5:22
20. Job 18:10 : Pr 7:22; Isa 51:20
21. Job 18:10 : S 1Sa 28:9
22. Job 18:10 : Ps 140:5
23. Job 18:11 : ver 14; S Job 6:4; 20:25; 24:17; Ps 55:4; 88:15; Isa 28:19; Jer 15:8; La 2:22
24. Job 18:11 : S Job 15:21; Ps 31:13
25. Job 18:11 : ver 18; Job 20:8; Isa 22:18
26. Job 18:12 : Job 21:17
27. Job 18:12 : Isa 8:21; 9:20; 65:13
28. Job 18:12 : Job 31:3
29. Job 18:12 : Job 15:23
30. Job 18:13 : Nu 12:12
31. Job 18:13 : Zec 14:12
32. Job 18:14 : S Job 8:22
33. Job 18:14 : Job 15:24
34. Job 18:14 : S ver 11
35. Job 18:15 : ver 18; Job 20:26
36. Job 18:15 : S Ge 19:24
37. Job 18:16 : Isa 5:24; Hos 5:12; Am 2:9
38. Job 18:16 : S Ge 27:28; S Job 8:12; S 15:30
39. Job 18:17 : S Dt 32:26
40. Job 18:17 : Dt 9:14; Ps 9:5; 69:28; Pr 10:7; Isa 14:22
41. Job 18:17 : Job 24:20; Ps 34:16; Pr 2:22; 10:7; Isa 49:15
42. Job 18:18 : S Job 5:14
43. Job 18:18 : S ver 11
44. Job 18:18 : S Job 11:20; 30:8
45. Job 18:19 : Ps 37:28; Isa 1:4; 14:20; Jer 22:30
46. Job 18:19 : Ps 21:10; 109:13; Isa 14:22
47. Job 18:19 : S 2Ki 10:11; S Eze 17:8
48. Job 18:19 : Job 27:14-15
49. Job 18:20 : Ps 22:6-7; Isa 52:14; 53:2-3; Eze 27:35
50. Job 18:20 : Ps 37:13; Jer 46:21; 50:27, 31; Eze 7:7
51. Job 18:21 : Job 21:28
52. Job 18:21 : Isa 57:20
53. Job 18:21 : S Job 7:10
54. Job 18:21 : S Job 4:21; 1Th 4:5

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