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Book of Job, Chapter 18

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Job 18 RSV - Revised Standard VersionJob 18 RSV - Revised Standard Version

Chapter 18 of Job—Revised Standard Version (RSV)

  1. ¶ Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
  2. ¶ “How long will you hunt for words?
      Consider, and then we will speak.
  3. Why are we counted as cattle?
      Why are we stupid in your sight?
  4. You who tear yourself in your anger,
      shall the earth be forsaken for you,
      or the rock be removed out of its place?
  5. ¶ “Yea, the light of the wicked is put out,
      and the flame of his fire does not shine.
  6. The light is dark in his tent,
      and his lamp above him is put out.
  7. His strong steps are shortened
      and his own schemes throw him down.
  8. For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
      and he walks on a pitfall.
  9. A trap seizes him by the heel,
      a snare lays hold of him.
  10. A rope is hid for him in the ground,
      a trap for him in the path.
  11. Terrors frighten him on every side,
      and chase him at his heels.
  12. His strength is hunger-bitten,
      and calamity is ready for his stumbling.
  13. By disease his skin is consumed,[a]
      the first-born of death consumes his limbs.
  14. He is torn from the tent in which he trusted,
      and is brought to the king of terrors.
  15. In his tent dwells that which is none of his;
      brimstone is scattered upon his habitation.
  16. His roots dry up beneath,
      and his branches wither above.
  17. His memory perishes from the earth,
      and he has no name in the street.
  18. He is thrust from light into darkness,
      and driven out of the world.
  19. He has no offspring or descendant among his people,
      and no survivor where he used to live.
  20. They of the west are appalled at his day,
      and horror seizes them of the east.
  21. Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly,
      such is the place of him who knows not God.”

FOOTNOTES

  1. ^ Cn: Heb it consumes the limbs of his skin

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Comments

  1. David yakubuDavid yakubu
    Oct 29, 2022 08:05 GMT

    When i do read some comments and seeing that its the same people that are supposed to be called believers but are talking ill of other denominations, it hurts. Let us all remember that We should judge not

    1. jonas smithjonas smith
      Apr 23, 2023 02:57 GMT

      The bible tells us to test the spirits. Satan disguises himself as angel of light. So yes some denomination are not teaching the truth. You are responsible for judging which ones are not. You have to judge the truth at all times. this is what the bible teaches

  2. THTH
    Apr 7, 2021 00:20 GMT

    The NWT is a very good translation. Dr. Jason David BeDuhn PhD attests to that in his book Truth in Translation. drive.google.com/...5p16melHzg8/view

    1. jim mcleodjim mcleod
      Aug 22, 2021 06:16 GMT

      NWT is a false translation that takes away from the deity of Jesus !

  3. SlightlyChaoticSlightlyChaotic
    Jan 30, 2021 16:33 GMT

    Thank you for taking the time to provide this service. I like seeing the NASB on your web page in the same format as I read on paper. On other sites, the text area is smaller, and so I have to keep scrolling down to read and sometimes I lose the context. So I really appreciate the format.

    As far as the NWT, you are certainly free to do whatever you think best with your own web pages. I'd suggest that you make a note anytime you have a translation that is associated with only one denomination or church, for example:
    New World Translation (Jehovah's Witness version).

    In Jesus' parable of the wheat and the tares. the main idea seems to be that you can't easily distinguish between God's people and not-God's people on this earth, so our Lord's response is to wait until they are shown to be the kind of people they are inside. But the NWT seems like false teaching to me. So I think the warning passages from Jesus' apostles are more applicable, as in 2 Peter 3:15-16, when he talks about Paul's writings:
    "There are some things in them that are hard to understand, which the ignorant and unstable twist to their own destruction, as they do the other Scriptures."
    And we also have the positive exhortations, as in 2 Timothy 2:15:
    "Do your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a worker who has no need to be ashamed, rightly handling the word of truth."

    1. BroderickBroderick
      Jan 31, 2021 00:57 GMT

      Your suggestion regarding the denominational flagging is duly noted. But I can’t help but wonder, wouldn’t a Catholic also want “Protestant versions” marked as well?

      As for the parable, I’m pretty sure the slaves were convinced in their own minds that they could tell the tares from the wheat. After all, aren’t they the ones who identified the problem in the first place? But the master obviously thought otherwise.

      Furthermore, even at the time when Jesus himself was walking the earth, not everybody who claimed fellowship actually followed him causing John to inquire at Mark 9:39, “Teacher, we saw someone casting out demons in Your name, and we tried to prevent him because he was not following us.” But Jesus said, “Do not hinder him . . . for he who is not against us is for us.”

  4. Joshua HarderJoshua Harder
    Dec 11, 2020 17:48 GMT

    Hello, question.. why have you included the NWT with other legitimate bible translations? Or why have you not atleast included a warning to readers? Don't you fear that someone could be influenced by the Watchtower's intentional heresies? Thank you.

    1. KevinKevin
      Jul 11, 2021 17:45 GMT

      en.m.wikipedia.org/..._Holy_Scriptures

      See the section critical review

  5. julietjuliet
    Aug 17, 2022 09:36 GMT

    the sky is blue

  6. mercymercy
    Aug 12, 2022 21:23 GMT

    i am Mercy, the sky is blue what else do you need

    1. mercymercy
      Aug 12, 2022 21:25 GMT

      i am so sorry, it was a big mistake

  7. God is able to do all thingsGod is able to do all things
    May 17, 2021 17:59 GMT

    Jesus how much love calling yo name

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