The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 1 , Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
18:2 'How long before you stop talking? Speak sense if you want us to answer!
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 2 , 'How long before you stop talking? Speak sense if you want us to answer!
18:3 Do you think we are cattle? Do you think we have no intelligence?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 3 , Do you think we are cattle? Do you think we have no intelligence?
18:4 You may tear your hair out in anger, but will that cause the earth to be abandoned? Will it make rocks fall from a cliff?
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 4 , You may tear your hair out in anger, but will that cause the earth to be abandoned? Will it make rocks fall from a cliff?
18:5 'The truth remains that the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. The sparks of their fire will not glow.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 5 , 'The truth remains that the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. The sparks of their fire will not glow.
18:6 The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 6 , The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.
18:7 The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 7 , The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall.
18:8 'The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit that's been dug in the path.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 8 , 'The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit that's been dug in the path.
18:9 A trap grabs them by the heel. A noose tightens around them.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 9 , A trap grabs them by the heel. A noose tightens around them.
18:10 A snare lies hidden in the ground. A rope lies coiled on their path.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 10 , A snare lies hidden in the ground. A rope lies coiled on their path.
18:11 'Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 11 , 'Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step.
18:12 Their vigor is depleted by hunger, and calamity waits for them to stumble.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 12 , Their vigor is depleted by hunger, and calamity waits for them to stumble.
18:13 Disease eats their skin; death devours their limbs.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 13 , Disease eats their skin; death devours their limbs.
18:14 They are torn from the security of their tent, and they are brought down to the king of terrors.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 14 , They are torn from the security of their tent, and they are brought down to the king of terrors.
18:15 The home of the wicked will disappear beneath a fiery barrage of burning sulfur.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 15 , The home of the wicked will disappear beneath a fiery barrage of burning sulfur.
18:16 Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 16 , Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.
18:17 All memory of their existence will perish from the earth. No one will remember them.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 17 , All memory of their existence will perish from the earth. No one will remember them.
18:18 They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 18 , They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world.
18:19 They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in their home country.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 19 , They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in their home country.
18:20 People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified.
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 20 , People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified.
18:21 They will say, `This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected God.' '
The NLT Book of Job , Chapter 18 , Verse 21 , They will say, `This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected God.' '