Bildad: The Wicked Are Punished
Then aBildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 “How long till you put an end to words?
Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.
3 Why are we counted aas beasts,
And regarded as stupid in your sight?
4 aYou who tear yourself in anger,
Shall the earth be forsaken for you?
Or shall the rock be removed from its place?
5 “Thea light of the wicked indeed goes out,
And the flame of his fire does not shine.
6 The light is dark in his tent,
aAnd his lamp beside him is put out.
7 The steps of his strength are shortened,
And ahis own counsel casts him down.
8 For ahe is cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walks into a snare.
9 The net takes him by the heel,
And aa snare lays hold of him.
10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground,
And a trap for him in the road.
11 aTerrors frighten him on every side,
And drive him to his feet.
12 His strength is starved,
And adestruction is ready at his side.
13 It devours patches of his skin;
The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14 He is uprooted from athe shelter of his tent,
And they parade him before the king of terrors.
15 They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
16 aHis roots are dried out below,
And his branch withers above.
17 aThe memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name among the renowned.
18 He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.
19 aHe has neither son nor posterity among his people,
Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
20 Those in the west are astonished aat his day,
As those in the east are frightened.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who adoes not know God.”
The Holy Bible, New King James Version, Copyright © 1982 Thomas Nelson.
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