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17:7. My eye is dim through indignation, and my limbs are brought as it
were to nothing.
17:8. The just shall be astonished at this, and the innocent shall be
raised up against the hypocrite.
17:9. And the just man shall hold on his way, and he that hath clean
hands shall be stronger and stronger.
17:10. Wherefore be you all converted, and come, and I shall not find
among you any wise man.
17:11. My days have passed away, my thoughts are dissipated, tormenting
my heart.
17:12. They have turned night into day, and after darkness I hope for
light again.
17:13. If I wait hell is my house, and I have made my bed in darkness.
Hell... Sheol. The region of the dead.
17:14. I have said to rottenness: Thou art my father; to worms, my
mother and my sister.
17:15. Where is now then my expectation, and who considereth my
patience?
17:16. All that I have shall go down into the deepest pit: thinkest thou
that there at least I shall have rest?
Deepest pit... Literally, hell.
Job Chapter 18
Baldad again reproves Job and describes the miseries of the wicked.
18:1. Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
18:2. How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us
speak.
18:3. Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?
18:4. Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be
forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?
18:5. Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame
of his fire not shine?
18:6. The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is
over him, shall be put out.
18:7. The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel
shall cast him down headlong.
18:8. For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.
18:9. The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall
burn against him.
18:10. A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.
18:11. Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his
feet.
18:12. Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his
ribs.
18:13. Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death
consume his arms.
18:14. Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let
destruction tread upon him like a king.
18:15. Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle,
let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.
18:16. Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed
above.
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