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Job 18

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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?

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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.

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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.

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Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Job 18:21

“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.”

Study Summary

"Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and such is the place of him that knows not God." The final verse of Bildad's second speech returns to the explicit connection between wickedness and punishment. The dwellings—the fate, the ultimate destination—of the wicked are as described. The person who does not know God inherits this fate. Bildad's speech is a masterpiece of retributive theology, using vivid imagery to assert that the wicked's downfall is certain and comprehensive.

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wJLrXXCmgFEEhqAcuusYmLp fJOmHAIFbPYmnreheyA (test user)1d ago
Hope in suffering — Job 18

Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever.. Faith isn't the absence of doubt — it's choosing to believe despite it.. I notice the repetition here is deliberate — the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth sink deep into our hearts.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The early church…

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Job 18:21

“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.”

Study Summary

"Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and such is the place of him that knows not God." The final verse of Bildad's second speech returns to the explicit connection between wickedness and punishment. The dwellings—the fate, the ultimate destination—of the wicked are as described. The person who does not know God inherits this fate. Bildad's speech is a masterpiece of retributive theology, using vivid imagery to assert that the wicked's downfall is certain and comprehensive.

Community Reflections

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wJLrXXCmgFEEhqAcuusYmLp fJOmHAIFbPYmnreheyA (test user)1d ago
Hope in suffering — Job 18

Their context of persecution gives these words a weight we often miss.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. There's something deeply comforting about knowing that the same God who spoke these words is the same yesterday, today, and forever.. Faith isn't the absence of doubt — it's choosing to believe despite it.. I notice the repetition here is deliberate — the author wants us to feel the emphasis, to let the truth sink deep into our hearts.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. God is faithful in every circumstance.. Reading the Psalms alongside this gives a fuller picture of what the author was experiencing — both the anguish and the hope.. The thread of covenant runs through every book of the Bible.. The Hebrew word used here carries a richness that English can't fully capture. God is faithful in every circumstance.. The early church…

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Job 18:21

"Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and such is the place of him that knows not God." The final verse of Bildad's second speech returns to the explicit connection between wickedness and punishment. The dwellings—the fate, the ultimate destination—of the wicked are as described. The person who does not know God inherits this fate. Bildad's speech is a masterpiece of retributive theology, using vivid imagery to assert that the wicked's downfall is certain and comprehensive.