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Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked

Job 18:14

In 11 translations

BSB
He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
KJV
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
WEB
He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors.
ASV
He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
LSV
His confidence is drawn from his tent, || And it causes him to step to the king of terrors.
YLT
Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors.
DBY
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:
DRC
Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.
GNV
His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, and shall cause him to go to the King of feare.
JPS
That wherein he trusteth shall be plucked out of his tent; and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
LXXE
And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.

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Original-language editions

WLC
יִנָּתֵ֣ק מֵ֭אָהֳלוֹ מִבְטַח֑וֹ וְ֝תַצְעִדֵ֗הוּ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃
LXX-Br
Ἐκραγείη δέ ἐκ διαίτης αὐτοῦ ἴασις, σχοίη δὲ αὐτὸν ἀνάγκη αἰτίᾳ βασιλικῇ.

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  • Proverbs 10:28The hope of the righteous is joy, but the expectations of the wicked will perish.
  • Job 8:14His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
  • Job 8:22Your enemies will be clothed in shame, and the tent of the wicked will be no more.”
  • Job 11:20But the eyes of the wicked will fail, and escape will elude them; they will hope for their last breath.”
  • Hebrews 2:15and free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.
  • Job 41:34He looks down on all the haughty; he is king over all the proud.”
  • Psalms 112:10The wicked man will see and be grieved; he will gnash his teeth and waste away; the desires of the wicked will perish.
  • Proverbs 14:32The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
  • Job 24:17For to them, deep darkness is their morning; surely they are friends with the terrors of darkness!
  • Psalms 55:4My heart murmurs within me, and the terrors of death assail me.
  • 1 Corinthians 15:55–56“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
  • Matthew 7:26–27But everyone who hears these words of Mine and does not act on them is like a foolish man who built his house on sand. The rain fell, the torrents raged, and the winds blew and beat against that house, and it fell—and…

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