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(Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/18.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />Bildad from Shuah said: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Then Bildad from Shuah replied [to Job],<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Bildad from Shuah replied, saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite answered: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: -- <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Bildad the Shuhite will answer and say,<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />But Baldad the Suhite responded by saying:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />THEN Bildad, the Shuhite, answered and said,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Beldad the Shukhite answered and said:<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/18-1.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2706" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/18.htm">Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked</a></span><br> <span class="reftext">1</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1085.htm" title="1085: bil·daḏ (N-proper-ms) -- Perhaps Bel has loved, one of Job's friends. Of uncertain derivation; Bildad, one of Job's friends.">Then Bildad</a> <a href="/hebrew/7747.htm" title="7747: haš·šu·ḥî (Art:: N-proper-ms) -- Desc. of Shuah. Patronymic from Shuwach; a Shuchite or descendant of Shuach.">the Shuhite</a> <a href="/hebrew/559.htm" title="559: way·yō·mar (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To utter, say. A primitive root; to say."></a> <a href="/hebrew/6030.htm" title="6030: way·ya·‘an (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To answer, respond.">replied:</a> </span><span class="reftext">2</span>“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/8-1.htm">Job 8:1</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/11-1.htm">Job 11:1</a></span><br />Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/5-1.htm">Job 5:1-27</a></span><br />“Call out if you please, but who will answer? To which of the holy ones will you turn? / For resentment kills a fool, and envy slays the simple. / I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/15-1.htm">Job 15:1</a></span><br />Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/20-1.htm">Job 20:1</a></span><br />Then Zophar the Naamathite replied:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/22-1.htm">Job 22:1</a></span><br />Then Eliphaz the Temanite replied:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/25-1.htm">Job 25:1</a></span><br />Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/32-1.htm">Job 32:1-3</a></span><br />So these three men stopped answering Job, because he was righteous in his own eyes. / This kindled the anger of Elihu son of Barachel the Buzite, of the family of Ram. He burned with anger against Job for justifying himself rather than God, / and he burned with anger against Job’s three friends because they had failed to refute Job, and yet had condemned him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/34-1.htm">Job 34:1-2</a></span><br />Then Elihu continued: / “Hear my words, O wise men; give ear to me, O men of learning.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/36-1.htm">Job 36:1-2</a></span><br />And Elihu continued: / “Bear with me a little longer, and I will show you that there is more to be said on God’s behalf.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/18-13.htm">Proverbs 18:13</a></span><br />He who answers a matter before he hears it—this is folly and disgrace to him.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/26-4.htm">Proverbs 26:4-5</a></span><br />Do not answer a fool according to his folly, or you yourself will be like him. / Answer a fool according to his folly, lest he become wise in his own eyes.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/ecclesiastes/5-2.htm">Ecclesiastes 5:2</a></span><br />Do not be quick to speak, and do not be hasty in your heart to utter a word before God. For God is in heaven and you are on earth. So let your words be few.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-21.htm">Isaiah 41:21</a></span><br />“Present your case,” says the LORD. “Submit your arguments,” says the King of Jacob.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-1.htm">Matthew 7:1-5</a></span><br />“Do not judge, or you will be judged. / For with the same judgment you pronounce, you will be judged, and with the measure you use, it will be measured to you. / Why do you look at the speck in your brother’s eye but fail to notice the beam in your own eye? ...</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,</p><p class="hdg">Bildad</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/2-11.htm">Job 2:11</a></b></br> Now when Job's three friends heard of all this evil that was come upon him, they came every one from his own place; Eliphaz the Temanite, and Bildad the Shuhite, and Zophar the Naamathite: for they had made an appointment together to come to mourn with him and to comfort him.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/8-1.htm">Job 8:1</a></b></br> Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/25-1.htm">Job 25:1</a></b></br> Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/job/8-1.htm">Bildad</a> <a href="/job/15-1.htm">Responded</a> <a href="/job/8-1.htm">Shuhite</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/25-1.htm">Bildad</a> <a href="/job/19-1.htm">Responded</a> <a href="/job/25-1.htm">Shuhite</a><div class="vheading2">Job 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/18-1.htm">Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/18-5.htm">The calamities of the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:</b><br>*Then*<br>This word indicates a continuation of the dialogue between Job and his friends. It suggests a sequence in the ongoing debate, highlighting the back-and-forth nature of the discourse. The book of Job is structured as a series of speeches, and this word marks the beginning of Bildad's second response to Job.<br><br>*Bildad*<br>Bildad is one of Job's three friends who come to comfort him in his suffering. His name may mean "son of contention" or "Bel has loved." Bildad is often seen as representing traditional wisdom and orthodoxy. His speeches are characterized by a strict adherence to the retributive justice principle, which holds that suffering is a direct result of sin.<br><br>*the Shuhite*<br>This designation refers to Bildad's ethnic or tribal affiliation. The Shuhites are believed to be descendants of Shuah, one of Abraham's sons by Keturah (<a href="/genesis/25-2.htm">Genesis 25:2</a>). This connection places Bildad within the broader narrative of the descendants of Abraham, suggesting a shared cultural and religious heritage with Job.<br><br>*replied*<br>The act of replying indicates that Bildad is responding to Job's previous speech. In the context of the book, this reply is part of a larger dialogue where Job's friends attempt to explain his suffering through their understanding of divine justice. Bildad's reply is often characterized by a lack of empathy and a rigid application of traditional wisdom, which contrasts with Job's personal experience of suffering.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/bildad_the_shuhite.htm">Bildad the Shuhite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who come to comfort him during his suffering. Bildad is known for his traditional and somewhat harsh perspective on Job's plight, often emphasizing the justice of God and the retribution for sin.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure of the Book of Job, a man described as blameless and upright, who faces immense suffering and loss. His account is a profound exploration of faith, suffering, and divine justice.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_dialogue.htm">The Dialogue</a></b><br>This verse marks the beginning of Bildad's second speech to Job. The dialogues between Job and his friends form the core of the book, exploring themes of suffering, justice, and the nature of God.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/u/understanding_traditional_wisdom.htm">Understanding Traditional Wisdom</a></b><br>Bildad represents a traditional view of wisdom that equates suffering with punishment for sin. While this perspective is part of biblical teaching, it is not the whole picture. We must be cautious in applying this view to others' suffering.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_complexity_of_suffering.htm">The Complexity of Suffering</a></b><br>The Book of Job challenges simplistic explanations for suffering. As believers, we should seek to understand the complexity of human suffering and avoid quick judgments.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_friends_in_suffering.htm">The Role of Friends in Suffering</a></b><br>Bildad's approach to Job's suffering teaches us about the importance of empathy and sensitivity when supporting others. Our words can either comfort or wound those who are hurting.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_nature_of_god's_justice.htm">The Nature of God’s Justice</a></b><br>Bildad's speeches prompt us to reflect on the nature of God's justice. While God is just, His ways and thoughts are higher than ours, and His justice may not always align with human expectations.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/f/faith_amidst_trials.htm">Faith Amidst Trials</a></b><br>Job's account encourages us to maintain faith and integrity even when we do not understand our circumstances. Trusting in God's character is crucial during times of trial.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_bildad's_short_speech_in_job_25_edited.htm">Does the brevity of Bildad's final speech in Job 25 suggest any missing text or redaction, potentially undermining the book's historical reliability?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/why_do_infamous_names_persist_in_memory.htm">Job 18:16-17: How can the names of the wicked vanish from memory when some of history's most notorious figures remain famous?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_reconcile_bildad's_claim_with_innocent_suffering.htm">How can Bildad's claim that God never rejects the blameless (Job 8:20-22) be reconciled with instances of innocent suffering in Scripture?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/is_'firstborn_of_death'_literal.htm">Job 18:13: Is there any scientific or historical basis for 'the firstborn of death' describing a literal force or being?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/job/18.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div><span class= "bld">XVIII.</span><p>(1) <span class= "bld">How long?</span>--Bildad begins very much as Job himself had done (Job 16).<p><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1-21.</span> - Bildad's second speech is no improvement upon his first (ch. 8.). He has evidently been exceedingly nettled by Job's contemptuous words concerning his "comforters" (<a href="/job/16-2.htm">Job 16:2, 11</a>; <a href="/job/17-10.htm">Job 17:10</a>); and aims at nothing but venting his anger, and terrifying Job by a series of denunciations and threats. Job has become to him "the wicked man" (vers. 5, 21), an embodiment of all that is evil, and one "that knoweth not God." No punishment is too severe for him. <span class="cmt_sub_title">Verses 1, 2.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, How long will it be ere ye make an end of words?</span> (So Rosenmuller, Gesenius, Welte, Merx, Lee, and Canon Cook.) Others render, "How long will ye <span class="accented">lay snares for</span> words?" which is a possible translation, but does not give a very good sense. Bildad, a tolerably concise speaker himself (see <a href="/job/8-2.htm">Job 8:2-22</a>; <a href="/job/25-2.htm">Job 25:2-6</a>), is impatient at the length of Job's replies. He had already, in his former speech (<a href="/job/8-2.htm">Job 8:2</a>), reproached Job with his prolixity; now he repeats the charge. The employment of the second person <span class="accented">plural</span> in this and the following verses is not very easily accounted for. Bildad can scarcely mean to blame his friend Eliphaz. Perhaps he regards Job as having supporters among the lookers-on, of whom there may have been several besides Elihu (<a href="/job/32-2.htm">Job 32:2</a>). Mark; rather, <span class="accented">consider</span>; <span class="accented">i.e.</span> think a little, instead of talking. <span class="cmt_word">And afterwards we will speak</span>. Then, calmly and without hurry, we will proceed to reply to what you have said. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/18-1.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">Then Bildad</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּלְדַּ֥ד</span> <span class="translit">(bil·daḏ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1085.htm">Strong's 1085: </a> </span><span class="str2">Bildad -- perhaps 'Bel has loved', one of Job's friends</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the Shuhite</span><br /><span class="heb">הַשֻּׁחִ֗י</span> <span class="translit">(haš·šu·ḥî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_7747.htm">Strong's 7747: </a> </span><span class="str2">Shuhite -- a Shuchite</span><br /><br /><span class="word">replied:</span><br /><span class="heb">וַ֭יַּעַן</span> <span class="translit">(way·ya·‘an)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6030.htm">Strong's 6030: </a> </span><span class="str2">To answer, respond</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/18-1.htm">Job 18:1 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/18-1.htm">Job 18:1 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/18-1.htm">Job 18:1 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/18-1.htm">Job 18:1 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/18-1.htm">Job 18:1 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/18-1.htm">Job 18:1 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/18-1.htm">Job 18:1 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/18-1.htm">Job 18:1 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/18-1.htm">Job 18:1 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/18-1.htm">Job 18:1 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/18-1.htm">OT Poetry: Job 18:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/17-16.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 17:16"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 17:16" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/18-2.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 18:2"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 18:2" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>