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Job Chapter 18 KJV
King James Version, Holy Bible
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Job Chapter 18 (Old Testament)
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 a snare.
9 The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
10 The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
Job Chapter 18 (Old Testament)
13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it 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 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 neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
20 They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
JOB Chapter 18: Do not be quick to Judge.
Memory verse: Job 18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
In chapter 18 of the book of Job, Bildad, one of Job's friends, responds to to what Job has just said. Job is accused of being wicked and arrogant by Bildad, who also cautions him about the repercussions of his actions. When describing the fate of the wicked, Bildad claims that their light and flame would be extinguished. He tells Job that if he keeps going in the same direction, he will meet the same end. In verses 11–21, Bildad describes the horrors that would befall the wicked, including as illness, poverty, and destruction. He makes the claim that Job is in pain because he sinned and that his pain is a result of his own deeds.
Bildad's assertions, however, are not totally accurate, as we know from the outset of the book that Job is suffering because God has allowed Satan to test him rather than because of his own sins. As opposed to being the result of his own fault, Job's suffering is a necessary component of God's plan to develop and strengthen his faith.
We must learn to be mindful of the dangers of assuming the worst about other people and drawing hasty judgements. Bildad believes Job's suffering is the result of his own transgressions, but it is actually a part of God's purpose. We must be careful not to make snap judgments about other people based on assumptions, but rather to look for the truth and treat others with compassion.
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