{"book":"Job","slug":"job","ch":18,"genre":"poetry","sub":"Job","prev":"job/17","next":"job/19","verses":[{"v":1,"t":"Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:","f":[],"h":"Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked","style":"reg"},{"v":2,"t":"“ How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"“ How long until you end these speeches?"},{"style":"indent2","t":"Show some sense, and then we can talk."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":3,"t":"Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Why are we regarded as cattle,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"as stupid in your sight?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":4,"t":"You who tear yourself in anger — should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"You who tear yourself in anger —"},{"style":"indent2","t":"should the earth be forsaken on your account,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"or the rocks be moved from their place?"}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":5,"t":"Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the flame of his fire does not glow."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":6,"t":"The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The light in his tent grows dark,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the lamp beside him goes out."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":7,"t":"His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His vigorous stride is shortened,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and his own schemes trip him up."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":8,"t":"For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"For his own feet lead him into a net,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and he wanders into its mesh."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":9,"t":"A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"A trap seizes his heel;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"a snare grips him."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":10,"t":"A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"A noose is hidden in the ground,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and a trap lies in his path."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":11,"t":"Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Terrors frighten him on every side"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and harass his every step."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":12,"t":"His strength is depleted, and calamity [is] ready at his side.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"His strength is depleted,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and calamity [is] ready at his side."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":13,"t":"It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"It devours patches of his skin;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"the firstborn of death devours his limbs."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":14,"t":"He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"He is torn from the shelter of his tent"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and is marched off to the king of terrors."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":15,"t":"Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Fire resides in his tent;"},{"style":"indent2","t":"burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":16,"t":"The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The roots beneath him dry up,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and the branches above him wither away."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":17,"t":"The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"The memory of him perishes from the earth,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and he has no name in the land."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":18,"t":"He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He is driven from light into darkness"},{"style":"indent2","t":"and is chased from the inhabited world."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":19,"t":"He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"He has no offspring or posterity among his people,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"no survivor where he once lived."}],"style":"indent1"},{"v":20,"t":"Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1stline","t":"Those in the west are appalled at his fate,"},{"style":"indent2","t":"while those in the east tremble in horror."}],"style":"indent1stline"},{"v":21,"t":"Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked [and] the place of one who does not know God.”","f":[],"lines":[{"style":"indent1","t":"Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked"},{"style":"indent2","t":"[and] the place of one who does not know God.”"}],"style":"indent1"}]}