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Job 18 Summary
Bildad Describes the Wicked's Ruin
Bildad complains that Job's words continue endlessly and questions why they are counted as beasts. He then delivers a long depiction of the wicked man's fate: his light shall be put out, darkness shall fill his tabernacle, his own counsel casts him down, and he is ensnared by his own feet. Terrors make him afraid on every side, his strength becomes weakened, and he is brought to the king of terrors. Ultimately, the wicked man is driven from light into darkness, has no descendants, his remembrance perishes from the earth, and this is the portion of him that knoweth not God.
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Job 18:5-6
“Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.”
Job 18:8-10
“For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.”
Job 18:14
“His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.”
Job 18:17-21
“His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted. Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.”
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