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18:1 Then Bildad <01085> the Shuhite <07747> answered <06030>: 18:2 “How <0575> long <05704> until you make <07760> an end <07078> of words <04405>? You must consider <0995>, and then <0310> we can talk <01696>. 18:3 Why <04069> should we be regarded <02803> as beasts <0929>, and considered stupid <02933> in your sight <05869>? 18:4 You who tear <02963> yourself <05315> to pieces <02963> in your anger <0639>, will the earth <0776> be abandoned <05800> for <04616> your sake <04616>? Or will a rock <06697> be moved <06275> from its place <04725>? 18:5 “Yes <01571>, the lamp <0216> of the wicked <07563> is extinguished <01846>; his flame <07632> of fire <0784> does not <03808> shine <05050>. 18:6 The light <0216> in his tent <0168> grows dark <02821>; his lamp <05216> above <05921> him is extinguished <01846>. 18:7 His vigorous <0202> steps <06806> are restricted <03334>, and his own counsel <06098> throws <07993> him down <07993>. 18:8 For <03588> he has been thrown <07971> into a net <07568> by his feet <07272> and he wanders <01980> into <05921> a mesh <07639>. 18:9 A trap <06341> seizes <0270> him by the heel <06119>; a snare <06782> grips <02388> him. 18:10 A rope <02256> is hidden <02934> for him on the ground <0776> and a trap <04434> for him lies on <05921> the path <05410>. 18:11 Terrors <01091> frighten <01204> him on all sides <05439> and dog his every step <07272>. 18:12 Calamity is hungry <07457> for him <0202>, and misfortune <0343> is ready <03559> at his side <06763>. 18:13 It eats <0398> away parts <0905> of his skin <05785>; the most terrible <01060> death <04194> devours <0398> his limbs <0905>. 18:14 He is dragged <05423> from the security <04009> of his tent <0168>, and marched off <06805> to the king <04428> of terrors <01091>. 18:15 Fire resides in <07931> his tent <0168>; over <05921> his residence <05116> burning sulfur <01614> is scattered <02219>. 18:16 Below <08478> his roots <08328> dry <03001> up, and his branches <07105> wither <05243> above <04605>.

• Job 18:1-21 -- Bildad's Second Speech

• Job

  [nave] JOB 1. A man who dwelt in Uz, Job 1:1. Righteousness of, Job 1:1, 5, 8; 2:3; Ezek. 14:14, 20. Riches of, Job 1:3. Trial of, by affliction of Satan, Job 1:13-19; 2:7-10. Fortitude of, Job 1:20-22; 2:10; Jas. 5:11. Visite...
  

• Wicked

  [nave] WICKED Compared with: Abominable branches, Isa. 14:19; ashes under the feet, Mal. 4:3; bad fishes, Matt. 13:48; beasts, Psa. 49:12; 2 Pet. 2:12; the blind, Zeph. 1:17; Matt. 15:14; bronze and iron, Jer. 6:28; Ezek. 22:18; br...
  

• HUNTING

  [isbe] HUNTING - hunt'-ing (tsayidh): The hunting of wild animals for sport, or for the defense of men and flocks, or for food, was common in Western Asia and Egypt, especially in early times. Some of the Egyptian and Assyrian king...
  [smith] Hunting, as a matter of necessity, whether for the exterminatiOn of dangerous beasts or for procuring sustenance betokens a rude and semi-civilized state; as an amusement, it betokens an advanced state. The Hebrews as a pasto...
  

• Snare

  [nave] SNARE. Amos 3:5. Figurative Of the evils in life of the wicked, Job 18:8-10. Of the devices of the wicked to deceive the righteous, Psa. 91:3; Jer. 5:26. See: Ambush; Conspiracy; Pit; Trap.
  

• Self-righteousness

  [nave] SELF-RIGHTEOUSNESS. Num. 16:3; Deut. 9:4-6; 1 Sam. 2:9; Job 6:13; Job 11:4-6; Job 12:2; Job 13:3, 13, 15, 19; Job 16:17, 18; Job 18:2-4; Job 21:27-29; Job 22:2, 3; Job 32:1, 2; Job 33:8, 9; Job 35:2, 7, 8; Psa. 10:5, 6; Pro...
  

• Net

  [ebd] in use among the Hebrews for fishing, hunting, and fowling. The fishing-net was probably constructed after the form of that used by the Egyptians (Isa. 19:8). There were three kinds of nets. (1.) The drag-net or hauling-net ...
  [nave] NET Of checker work, 1 Kin. 7:17. Hidden in a pit, Psa. 35:7, 8. Set for birds, Prov. 1:17; wild animals, Isa. 51:20. Fish caught in, Matt. 4:18-21; 13:47; Luke 5:4; John 21:6-11. See: Snare. Figurative Job 18:8; 19:6;...
  

• Bildad

  [ebd] son of contention, one of Job's friends. He is called "the Shuhite," probably as belonging to Shuah, a district in Arabia, in which Shuah, the sixth son of Abraham by Keturah, settled (Gen. 25:2). He took part in each of the...
  [nave] BILDAD, one of Job's friends, Job 2:11; 8:1; 18:1; 25:1.
  

• Shuhite

  [isbe] SHUHITE - shoo'-hit (shuchi): Cognomen of Bildad, one of Job's friends (Job 2:11; 8:1; 18:1; 25:1; 42:9). The place referred to cannot be definitely located. See BILDAD; SHUAH.
  [nave] SHUHITE Job 2:11, 8:1, 18:1, 25:1, 42:9
  

• Pride

  [nave] PRIDE. Ex. 18:10, 11; Lev. 26:19; Deut. 8:11-14, 17-20; Judg. 9:14, 15; 1 Sam. 2:3-5; 1 Kin. 20:11; 2 Kin. 14:9, 10 2 Chr. 25:18, 19. Job 11:12; Job 12:2, 3; Job 13:2, 5; Job 15:1-13; Job 18:3, 4; Job 21:31, 32; Job 32:9-13...
  

• GIN

  [ebd] a trap. (1.) Ps. 140:5, 141:9, Amos 3:5, the Hebrew word used, mokesh, means a noose or "snare," as it is elsewhere rendered (Ps. 18:5; Prov. 13:14, etc.). (2.) Job 18:9, Isa. 8:14, Heb. pah, a plate or thin layer; and hence...
  [isbe] GIN - jin (moqesh, pach): A noose of hair or wire for snaring wild birds alive. There are over half a dozen traps and net devices indicated by different terms in the Bible. The gin was of horse-hair for small birds and wire ...
  

• BRIMSTONE

  [ebd] an inflammable mineral substance found in quantities on the shores of the Dead Sea. The cities of the plain were destroyed by a rain of fire and brimstone (Gen. 19:24, 25). In Isa. 34:9 allusion is made to the destruction of...
  [isbe] BRIMSTONE - brim'-ston, brim'-stun (gophrith; to theion): The word translated "brimstone" probably referred originally to the pitch of trees, like the cypress. By analogy it has been rendered "brimstone" because of the infla...
  

• STONES, PRECIOUS

  [isbe] STONES, PRECIOUS - || 1. Ancient and Modern Names 2. Change of Signification of Names 3. Three Important Lists of Stones 4. Interpretation of Greek Names Used by John 5. Interpretation of Hebrew Names 6. Greek and Latin Equi...
  

• SKIN

  [isbe] SKIN - (`or, geledh, "human skin" (Job 16:15), basar, "flesh," in the sense of "nakedness" (Ps 102:5 the King James Version); derma): Literal: The word `or designates the skin of both men and animals, the latter both raw and...
  

• Cowardice

  [nave] COWARDICE. Lev. 26:36, 37; Deut. 20:8; Deut. 32:30; Josh. 7:5; Josh. 23:10; Judg. 7:3; Job 15:24; Job 18:11; Prov. 28:1; Prov. 29:25; Isa. 51:12, 13; Gal. 6:12; 2 Tim. 4:16 See: Courage. Instances of Adam, in attempting t...
  

• Trap

  [nave] TRAP, Josh. 23:13; Job 18:10; Jer. 5:26. See: Snare.
  

• Death

  [nave] DEATH. Called in some versions &ld;Giving Up the Ghost,&rd; Gen. 25:8; 35:29; Lam. 1:19; Acts 5:10. King of Terrors Job 18:14. A Change Job 14:14. Going to your Fathers Gen. 15:15; 25:8; 35:29. Putting Off This Tabe...
  

• Lamp

  [nave] LAMP Miraculously appeared at Abraham's sacrifice, Gen. 15:17. For the tabernacle, Ex. 25:31-40; 37:17-22. Kept burning at night in the tabernacle and cared for by priests, Ex. 27:20, 21; Lev. 24:2-4. Figurative Job 18:6...
  

• Sulphur

  [nave] SULPHUR Fire and, rained upon Sodom, Gen. 19:24; Luke 17:29. In Palestine, Deut. 29:23. Figurative Job 18:15; Psa. 11:6; Isa. 30:33; Ezek. 38:22; Rev. 9:17, 18; 14:10; 19:20; 21:8.
  

• Fear of God

  [nave] FEAR OF GOD. Reverence Gen. 35:5; Ex. 18:21; Ex. 20:18-20; Lev. 22:32; Deut. 4:10; Deut. 5:29; Deut. 6:2; Deut. 10:12, 20, 21 Deut. 6:13; 13:4; 14:23. Deut. 28:49, 58; Josh. 4:24; Josh. 24:14; 1 Sam. 2:30; 1 Sam. 12:14, 24...
  

• SHINE

  [isbe] SHINE - shin: The Hebrew words 'ahal, 'or, halal, zahar, zarach, yapha`, naghah, `ashath and qaran are all translated "shine." All indicate either the direct or indirect diffusion of beams of light. In a direct and literal s...
  

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