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class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top">New American Standard Bible</td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/nasb/job/18.htm" style="color:#0092f2" title="NASB 1995">►► </a></td></tr></table></div><p class="hdg">Bildad Speaks of the Wicked</p><p><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-1.htm"><b>1</b></a></span>Then Bildad<MH1085> the Shuhite<MH7747> responded<MH6030a, 559>, <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-2.htm"><b>2</b></a></span>“How<MH575> long<MH5704> will you hunt<MH7760, 7078> for words<MH4405>? <t><p class="indent1">Show<MH995> understanding<MH995>, and then<MH310> we can talk<MH1696>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>“Why<MH4069> are we regarded<MH2803> as animals<MH929>, <t><p class="indent1">As stupid<MH2933> in your eyes<MH5869>? <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[a]</a></span>You who tear<MH2963> yourself<MH5315> in your anger<MH639>— <t><p class="indent1">Should the earth<MH776> be abandoned<MH5800a> for your sake<MH4616>, <t><p class="indent1">Or the rock<MH6697> moved<MH6275> from its place<MH4725>? <poetry><p class="paragraph"><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>“Indeed<MH1571>, the light<MH216> of the wicked<MH7563> goes<MH1846> out<MH1846>, <t><p class="indent1">And the spark<MH7632> from his fire<MH784> does not shine<MH5050>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>“The light<MH216> in his tent<MH168> is darkened<MH2821>, <t><p class="indent1">And his lamp<MH5216> goes<MH1846> out<MH1846> above<MH5921> him. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>“His <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[b]</a></span>vigorous<MH202> stride<MH6806> is shortened<MH6887a>, <t><p class="indent1">And his own plan<MH6098> brings<MH7993> him down<MH7993>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>“For he is thrown<MH7971> into the net<MH7568> by his own feet<MH7272>, <t><p class="indent1">And he steps<MH1980> on the webbing<MH7639>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>“A snare<MH6341a> seizes<MH270> <i>him</i> by the heel<MH6119>, <t><p class="indent1"><i>And</i> a trap<MH6782> snaps<MH2388> shut<MH2388> on him. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>“A noose<MH2256a> for him is hidden<MH2934> in the ground<MH776>, <t><p class="indent1">And a trap<MH4434> for him on the pathway<MH5410a>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>“All<MH5439> around<MH5439> sudden<MH1091> terrors<MH1091> frighten<MH1204> him, <t><p class="indent1">And harass<MH6327a> him at every step<MH7272>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>“His strength<MH202> is famished<MH7457>, <t><p class="indent1">And disaster<MH343> is ready<MH3559> at his side<MH6763>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[c]</a></span>It devours<MH398> parts<MH905> of his skin<MH5785>, <t><p class="indent1">The firstborn<MH1060> of death<MH4194> devours<MH398> his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[d]</a></span>limbs<MH905>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>“He is torn<MH5423> from <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[e]</a></span>the security<MH4009> of his tent<MH168>, <t><p class="indent1">And <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[f]</a></span>they march<MH6805> him before the king<MH4428> of terrors<MH1091>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[g]</a></span>Nothing<MH1097> of his dwells<MH7931> in his tent<MH168>; <t><p class="indent1">Brimstone<MH1614> is scattered<MH2219> on his home<MH5116a>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>“His roots<MH8328> are dried<MH3001> below<MH4480, 8478>, <t><p class="indent1">And his branch<MH7105b> withers<MH4448c> above<MH4480, 4605>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>“The memory<MH2143> of him perishes<MH6> from the earth<MH776>, <t><p class="indent1">And he has no<MH3808> name<MH8034> abroad<MH5921, 6440, 2351>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>“<span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[h]</a></span>He is driven<MH1920> from light<MH216> into darkness<MH2822>, <t><p class="indent1">And chased<MH5074> from the inhabited<MH8398> world<MH8398>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>“He has no<MH3808> offspring<MH5209> or descendants<MH5220> among his people<MH5971a>, <t><p class="indent1">Nor<MH369> any survivor<MH8300> where<MH4033> he resided<MH4033>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>“Those in the west<MH314> are<MH8074> appalled<MH8074> at his <span class="fn"><a href="#fn">[i]</a></span>fate<MH3117>, <t><p class="indent1">And those in the east<MH6931> are seized<MH270> with horror<MH8178a>. <poetry><p class="indent1"><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>“Certainly<MH389> these<MH428> are the dwellings<MH4908> of the wicked<MH5767a>, <t><p class="indent1">And this<MH2088> is the place<MH4725> of him who does not know<MH3045> God<MH410>.”<A name="fn"></a></p><br /><br /><span class="footnotesbot">[a]</span> <span class="fnverse">4</span> Lit <i>The one who tears himself in his</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[b]</span> <span class="fnverse">7</span> Lit <i>steps of his strength</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[c]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Another reading is<i> His skin is devoured by illness</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[d]</span> <span class="fnverse">13</span> Or <i>parts</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[e]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>his tent his trust</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[f]</span> <span class="fnverse">14</span> Lit <i>you march</i> or <i>she marches</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[g]</span> <span class="fnverse">15</span> Another reading is <i>Fire dwells in his tent</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[h]</span> <span class="fnverse">18</span> Lit <i>They drive him...And chase him</i><br><span class="footnotesbot">[i]</span> <span class="fnverse">20</span> Lit <i>day</i><br></div><br /><div 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