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Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
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Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? himself: Heb. his soul
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Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
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The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. candle: or, lamp
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The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
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For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
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The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
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The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way. laid: Heb. hidden
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Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. drive: Heb. scatter
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His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
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It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. strength: Heb. bars
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His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
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It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
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His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
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His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
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He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He...: Heb. They shall drive him
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He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
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They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. went...: or, lived with him were...: Heb. laid hold on horror
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Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
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