XVIII. 1909-14. The Book of Job. The Harvard Classics

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The Book of Job.
The Harvard Classics. 1909–14.

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[1]	THEN answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
[2]	How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
[3]	Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?
[4]	Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

[5]	Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark 1 of his fire shall not shine.
[6]	The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above 2 him shall be put out.
[7]	The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
[8]	For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
[9]	A gin shall take him by the heel, And a snare shall lay hold on him.
[10]	A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
[11]	Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.
[12]	His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at 3 his side.
[13]	The members 4 of his body shall be devoured, Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
[14]	He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth; And he 5 shall be brought to the king of terrors.
[15]	There 6 shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
[16]	His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be 7 cut off.
[17]	His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
[18]	He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
[19]	He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
[20]	They 8 that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were 9 affrighted.
[21]	Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Note 1. Or, flame. [back]

Note 2. Or, beside. [back]

Note 3. Or, for his halting. [back]

Note 4. Heb. bars of his skin. [back]

Note 5. Heb. it shall (or, thou shalt) bring him. [back]

Note 6. Or, It shall dwell in his tent, that it be no more his (or, because it is none of his) [back]

Note 7. Or, wither. [back]

Note 8. Or, They that dwell in the west are … as they that dwell in the east are &c. [back]

Note 9. Heb. laid hold on horror. [back]

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