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<p class="indent2"> Show some sense, and then we can talk. <A name="4"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Why are we regarded as cattle, <p class="indent2"> as stupid in your sight? <A name="5"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You who tear yourself in anger—<p class="indent2"> should the earth be forsaken on your account, <p class="indent2"> or the rocks be moved from their place? <A name="6"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; <p class="indent2"> the flame of his fire does not glow. <A name="7"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The light in his tent grows dark, <p class="indent2"> and the lamp beside him goes out. <A name="8"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>His vigorous stride is shortened, <p class="indent2"> and his own schemes trip him up. <A name="9"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For his own feet lead him into a net, <p class="indent2"> and he wanders into its mesh. <A name="10"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>A trap seizes his heel; <p class="indent2"> a snare grips him. <A name="11"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>A noose is hidden in the ground, <p class="indent2"> and a trap lies in his path. <A name="12"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Terrors frighten him on every side <p class="indent2"> and harass his every step. <A name="13"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>His strength is depleted, <p class="indent2"> and calamity is ready at his side. <A name="14"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>It devours patches of his skin; <p class="indent2"> the firstborn of death devours his limbs. <A name="15"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He is torn from the shelter of his tent <p class="indent2"> and is marched off to the king of terrors. <A name="16"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Fire resides in his tent; <p class="indent2"> burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling. <A name="17"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>The roots beneath him dry up, <p class="indent2"> and the branches above him wither away. <A name="18"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>The memory of him perishes from the earth, <p class="indent2"> and he has no name in the land. <A name="19"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He is driven from light into darkness <p class="indent2"> and is chased from the inhabited world. <A name="20"></a><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He has no offspring or posterity among his people, <p class="indent2"> no survivor where he once lived. <A name="21"></a><p class="indent1stline"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Those in the west are appalled at his fate, <p class="indent2"> while those in the east tremble in horror. <p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked <p class="indent2"> and the place of one who does not know God.”</p><br /></div></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center"><a href=http://bereanbible.com>Berean Standard Bible (BSB)</a> printed 2016, 2020, 2022, 2025 by <a href=http://biblehub.com>Bible Hub</a> and <a href=http://berean.bible>Berean.Bible</a>. 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