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Job 18

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience.
5  The calamities of the wicked.

Verse 1

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
Bildad
2:11, 8:1, 25:1, 42:7-9

Verse 2

How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
How long
8:2, 11:2, 13:5,6, 16:2,3
mark
3:5,6,17, 21:2, 33:1, Proverbs 18:13, James 1:19

Verse 3

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
Wherefore
12:7,8, 17:4,10, Psalms 73:22, Ecclesiastes 3:18, Romans 12:10

Verse 4

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
teareth
5:2, 13:14, 16:9, Jonah 4:9, Mark 9:18, Luke 9:39
himself
Heb. his soul. shall the.
40:8, Ezekiel 9:9
the rock
14:18, Isaiah 54:10, Matthew 24:35

Verse 5

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
the light
20:5, Proverbs 4:19, 13:9, 20:20, 24:20
spark
Isaiah 50:11

Verse 6

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
candle
or, lamp.
21:17, Psalms 18:28, Revelation 18:23

Verse 7

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
steps
20:22, 36:16, Psalms 18:36, Proverbs 4:12
his own
5:12,13, 2 Samuel 15:31, 17:14, Psalms 33:10, Proverbs 1:30-32, Hosea 10:6, 1 Corinthians 3:19

Verse 8

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
he is cast
22:10, Esther 3:9, 6:13, 7:5,10, Psalms 9:15, 35:8, Proverbs 5:22, 29:6, Ezekiel 32:3, 1 Timothy 3:7, 6:9, 2 Timothy 2:26

Verse 9

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
The gin
Isaiah 8:14,15
robber
1:15,17, 5:5

Verse 10

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
snare
Psalms 11:6, Ezekiel 12:13, Romans 11:9
laid
Heb. hidden.

Verse 11

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
Terrors
6:4, 15:21, 20:25, Psalms 73:19, Jeremiah 6:25, 20:3,4, 46:5, 49:29, 2 Corinthians 5:11, Revelation 6:15,16
drive him
Heb. scatter him. to his feet.
Leviticus 26:36, 2 Kings 7:6,7, Psalms 53:5, Proverbs 28:1

Verse 12

His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
hunger-bitten
15:23,24, 1 Samuel 2:5,36, Psalms 34:10, 109:10
destruction
Psalms 7:12-14, 1 Thessalonians 5:3, 2 Peter 2:3

Verse 13

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
strength
Heb. bars.
17:16, Jonah 2:6
the firstborn
Genesis 49:3, Isaiah 14:30, Revelation 6:8

Verse 14

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
confidence
8:14, 11:20, Psalms 112:10, Proverbs 10:28, Matthew 7:26,27
the king
24:17, 41:34, Psalms 55:4, Proverbs 14:32, 1 Corinthians 15:55,56, Hebrews 2:15

Verse 15

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
dwell
12,13, Zechariah 5:4
because
20:18-21, 31:38,39, Jeremiah 22:13, Habakkuk 2:6-11
brimstone
Genesis 19:24, Deuteronomy 29:23, Psalms 11:6, Isaiah 34:9,10, Revelation 19:20, 21:8

Verse 16

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
roots
29:19, Isaiah 5:24, Hosea 9:16, Amos 2:9, Malachi 4:1
shall his branch
5:3,4, 15:30

Verse 17

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
13:12, Psalms 34:16, 83:4, 109:13, Proverbs 2:22, 10:7

Verse 18

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
He shall be driven
Heb. They shall drive him.
3:20, 10:22, 11:14, Isaiah 8:21,22, Jude 1:13
chased
20:8, Proverbs 14:32, Isaiah 17:13,14, Daniel 4:33, 5:21

Verse 19

He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
neither
1:19, 8:4, 42:13-16, Psalms 109:13, Isaiah 14:21,22, Jeremiah 22:30
nor any
20:26-28, Isaiah 5:8,9

Verse 20

They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
astonied
Deuteronomy 29:23,24, 1 Kings 9:8, Jeremiah 18:16
his day
Psalms 37:13, 137:7, Ezekiel 21:25, Obadiah 1:11-15, Luke 19:42,44
went
or, lived with him. were affrighted. Heb. laid hold on horror.
2:12,13, 19:13-19

Verse 21

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
such are
knoweth
21:14, Exodus 5:2, Judges 2:10, 1 Samuel 2:12, 1 Chronicles 28:9, Psalms 79:6, Jeremiah 9:3, 10:25, Romans 1:28, 1 Thessalonians 4:5, 2 Thessalonians 1:8, Titus 1:16

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