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Job Chapter 18 (KJVA)

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Job Chapter 18 (KJVA)
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1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Frequently Asked Questions

What does Bildad argue in his second speech in Job 18?
Frustrated that Job hasn't accepted his friends' counsel (v.2-3), Bildad launches into a detailed picture of how the wicked are trapped and destroyed.
What images does Bildad use to describe the wicked's downfall in Job 18?
He describes snares, nets, and traps laid in their path (v.8-10), their light and candle being put out (v.5-6), and their name perishing from the earth with no descendants left (v.17-19).
What does Job 18:21 mean by 'the place of him that knoweth not God'?
Bildad closes by naming this total ruin and forgotten memory as the destiny of anyone who does not know God (v.21), a warning about consequences echoed in Proverbs 13:9.

Today's Verse

Yonder is the sea, great and wide, Wherein are things creeping innumerable, Both small and great beasts.

Psalms 104:25 | ASV

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