Thematic Bible




Job 18:1 (show verse)

Bildad from Shuah replied, saying:

Job 18:2 (show verse)

"When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk.
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Job 18:3 (show verse)

Why do you think we're like dumb animals? Do you think we're stupid?
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Job 18:4 (show verse)

You're tearing yourself to pieces in your anger. Will the land be abandoned because of you, or the rock be moved from its place?"
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Job 18:5 (show verse)

"Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn't shine.

Job 18:6 (show verse)

Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him.

Job 18:7 (show verse)

His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up.

Job 18:8 (show verse)

"For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network!

Job 18:9 (show verse)

The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him.

Job 18:10 (show verse)

A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies waiting for him where he is walking."

Job 18:11 (show verse)

"He is petrified by terror that surrounds him on all sides; they chase at his heels.

Job 18:12 (show verse)

He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall.

Job 18:13 (show verse)

Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease consumes his limbs.

Job 18:14 (show verse)

Torn from the security of his home, he is brought before the king of terrors.

Job 18:15 (show verse)

"There's nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place.

Job 18:16 (show verse)

His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off.

Job 18:17 (show verse)

No one remembers him anywhere in the land; no one names streets in his honor.

Job 18:18 (show verse)

He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.

Job 18:19 (show verse)

He has no children or descendants within his own people; and no survivors where he once lived.

Job 18:20 (show verse)

People who live west of him are appalled at his fate; those who live east of him are seized with terror.

Job 18:21 (show verse)

Indeed, the residences of the wicked are like this; and so are the homes of those who don't know God."