Job 18
Overview
18:1 Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience;
18:5 The calamities of the wicked. Verse 1BildadJob 2:11, 8:1, 25:1, 42:7-9

Verse 2How longJob 8:2, 11:2, 13:5, 13:6, 16:2, 16:3 mark3:5, 3:6, 3:17, 21:2, 33:1; Proverbs 18:13; James 1:19Reciprocal2 Samuel 2:26 - how long; Job 19:2 - How long; 33:31 - General Verse 3WhereforeJob 12:7, 12:8, 17:4, 17:10; Psalm 73:22; Ecclesiastes 3:18; Romans 12:10ReciprocalDeuteronomy 25:3 - vile unto thee Verse 4tearethJob 5:2, 13:14, 16:9; Jonah 4:9; Mark 9:18; Luke 9:39 himselfHeb. his soulshall theJob 40:8; Ezekiel 9:9 the rockJob 14:18; Isaiah 54:10; Matthew 24:35ReciprocalEsther 5:13 - Yet all this; Job 19:3 - ye reproached; 34:33 - Should; Psalm 37:8 - Cease Verse 5the lightJob 20:5; Proverbs 4:19, 13:9, 20:20, 24:20 sparkIsaiah 50:11ReciprocalEsther 7:6 - was afraid; Job 12:5 - a lamp; 13:4 - ye are forgers; 15:23 - the day; 15:30 - depart; 20:26 - darkness; 21:17 - oft; 38:15 - from; Ecclesiastes 8:13 - it shall; Isaiah 57:20 - like; Ezekiel 32:7 - put thee out; Hosea 9:11 - their; Matthew 25:8 - for Verse 6candleor, lamp, Job 21:17; Psalm 18:28; Revelation 18:23ReciprocalJob 5:24 - thou shalt know; 15:23 - the day; 15:30 - depart; 20:5 - the triumphing; 20:26 - darkness; 22:11 - darkness; 23:17 - the darkness from; 29:3 - candle; 30:26 - light; Proverbs 4:19 - General; 13:9 - lamp; 20:20 - his; 24:20 - candle; Ezekiel 32:7 - put thee out Verse 7stepsJob 20:22, 36:16; Psalm 18:36; Proverbs 4:12 his ownJob 5:12, 5:13; 2 Samuel 15:31, 17:14; Psalm 33:10; Proverbs 1:30-32; Hosea 10:6; 1 Corinthians 3:19ReciprocalJudges 4:17 - fled; 2 Kings 6:11 - Therefore; Proverbs 29:6 - the transgression Verse 8he is castJob 22:10; Esther 3:9, 6:13, 7:5, 7:10; Psalm 9:15, 35:8; Proverbs 5:22, 29:6; Ezekiel 32:3; 1 Timothy 3:7, 6:9; 2 Timothy 2:26Reciprocal2 Samuel 18:9 - taken up; Job 19:6 - compassed; Psalm 35:7 - hid; Proverbs 4:12 - thou goest; 22:5 - Thorns; Ecclesiastes 9:12 - the sons; Isaiah 24:18 - he who fleeth; Lamentations 1:13 - he hath spread Verse 9The ginIsaiah 8:14, 8:15 robberJob 1:15, 1:17, 5:5ReciprocalPsalm 109:11 - extortioner Verse 10snarePsalm 11:6; Ezekiel 12:13; Romans 11:9 laidHeb. hidden

Verse 11TerrorsJob 6:4, 15:21, 20:25; Psalm 73:19; Jeremiah 6:25, 20:3, 20:4, 46:5, 49:29; 2 Corinthians 5:11; Revelation 6:15, 6:16 drive himHeb. scatter himto his feetLeviticus 26:36; 2 Kings 7:6, 7:7; Psalm 53:5; Proverbs 28:1ReciprocalLeviticus 26:16 - terror; 1 Samuel 14:15 - there was trembling; 28:5 - he was afraid; Job 21:9 - safe from fear; 27:20 - Terrors; Isaiah 33:14 - sinners; Daniel 5:9 - greatly; Luke 9:7 - Herod; 2 Corinthians 7:5 - troubled; Habakkuk 2:15 - through Verse 12hungerbittenJob 15:23, 15:24; 1 Samuel 2:5, 2:36; Psalm 34:10, 109:10 destruction7:12-14; 1 Thessalonians 5:3; 2 Peter 2:3ReciprocalJob 18:15 - dwell; Luke 9:7 - Herod Verse 13strengthHeb. bars, Job 17:16; Jonah 2:6 the firstbornGenesis 49:3; Isaiah 14:30; Revelation 6:8ReciprocalJob 18:15 - dwell; 1 Corinthians 15:55 - is thy victory Verse 14confidenceJob 8:14, 11:20; Psalm 112:10; Proverbs 10:28; Matthew 7:26, 7:27 the kingJob 24:17, 41:34; Psalm 55:4; Proverbs 14:32; 1 Corinthians 15:55, 15:56; Habakkuk 2:15ReciprocalJob 8:13 - the hypocrite's; 8:15 - it shall not stand; 17:16 - the bars of the pit; 18:21 - such are; Psalm 52:5 - pluck; Proverbs 14:11 - house; 21:12 - wisely Verse 15dwellJob 18:12, 18:13; Zechariah 5:4 becauseJob 20:18-21, 31:38, 31:39; Jeremiah 22:13; Habakkuk 2:6-11 brimstoneGenesis 19:24; Deuteronomy 29:23; Psalm 11:6; Isaiah 34:9, 34:10; Revelation 19:20, 21:8ReciprocalDeuteronomy 28:24 - make the rain; Job 5:24 - thou shalt know; 15:28 - desolate; 20:19 - he hath violently; 22:23 - thou shalt; Proverbs 12:7 - wicked; 14:11 - house; Jeremiah 49:18 - no man; Ezekiel 16:50 - therefore; Revelation 14:10 - be Verse 16rootsJob 29:19; Isaiah 5:24; Hosea 9:16; Amos 2:9; Malachi 4:1 shall his branchJob 5:3, 5:4, 15:30ReciprocalDeuteronomy 28:18 - the fruit of thy body; 2 Samuel 14:27 - born; 18:18 - I have no son; Job 8:4 - he have cast; 8:17 - roots; 15:32 - and his branch; 24:20 - wickedness; Psalm 21:10 - General; Proverbs 2:22 - the wicked; Isaiah 14:20 - the seed; 14:22 - the name; 40:24 - they shall not be planted; Hosea 13:15 - his spring; Mark 11:20 - General Verse 17Job 13:12; Psalm 34:16, 83:4, 109:13; Proverbs 2:22, 10:7ReciprocalExodus 17:14 - the remembrance; 2 Samuel 18:18 - I have no son; Job 4:20 - without; 15:32 - and his branch; 24:20 - wickedness; Psalm 41:5 - his name; 109:15 - cut off; Mark 11:20 - General Verse 18He shall be drivenHeb. They shall drive him, Job 3:20, 10:22, 11:14; Isaiah 8:21, 8:22; Jude 1:13 chasedJob 20:8; Proverbs 14:32; Isaiah 17:13, 17:14; Daniel 4:33, 5:21ReciprocalEsther 9:10 - ten sons; Job 15:23 - the day; 15:30 - depart; 20:27 - earth; 21:17 - oft; 22:11 - darkness; 23:17 - the darkness from; 30:26 - light; 38:15 - from; Psalm 58:9 - as; Proverbs 4:19 - General; 20:20 - his; Ecclesiastes 11:8 - yet; Jeremiah 23:12 - in the; Lamentations 3:2 - brought; Hosea 9:11 - their Verse 19neitherJob 1:19, 8:4, 42:13-16; Psalm 109:13; Isaiah 14:21, 14:22; Jeremiah 22:30 nor anyJob 20:26-28; Isaiah 5:8, 5:9ReciprocalLeviticus 20:20 - childless; 2 Kings 10:11 - he left; Esther 9:10 - ten sons; Job 20:21 - none of his meat be left; 21:8 - General; 31:8 - let my; Psalm 37:28 - but; Isaiah 14:20 - the seed; Hosea 9:11 - their; 1 Timothy 5:4 - nephews Verse 20astoniedDeuteronomy 29:23, 29:24; 1 Kings 9:8; Jeremiah 18:16 his dayPsalm 37:13, 137:7; Ezekiel 21:25; Obadiah 1:11-15; Luke 19:42, 19:44 wentor, lived with himwere affrightedHeb. laid hold on horror, Job 2:12, 2:13, 19:13-19ReciprocalEzekiel 21:29 - whose Verse 21such areJob 18:14-16 knoweth21:14; Exodus 5:2; Judges 2:10; 1 Samuel 2:12; 1 Chronicles 28:9; Psalm 79:6; Jeremiah 9:3, 10:25; Romans 1:28; 1 Thessalonians 4:5; 2 Thessalonians 1:8; Titus 1:16ReciprocalJob 5:24 - thou shalt know; 20:29 - the portion; Proverbs 14:11 - house Verse 2How longJob 8:2, 18:2; Psalm 13:1; Revelation 6:10 vexJob 27:2; Judges 16:16; Psalm 6:2, 6:3, 42:10; 2 Peter 2:7, 2:8 break mePsalm 55:21, 59:7, 64:3; Proverbs 12:18, 18:21; James 3:6-8Reciprocal2 Samuel 2:26 - how long; Job 13:5 - General; 16:2 - heard; 27:12 - altogether; 34:24 - break; Psalm 72:4 - break; 109:16 - persecuted; 119:22 - Remove Verse 3ten timesGenesis 31:7; Leviticus 26:26; Numbers 14:22; Nehemiah 4:12; Daniel 1:20 ye reproachedJob 4:6-11, 5:3, 5:4, 8:4-6, 11:3, 11:14, 15:4-6, 15:11, 15:12, 18:4-21 make yourselves strange to meor, harden yourselves against me, 19:17; Genesis 42:7; Psalm 69:8ReciprocalJob 8:2 - How long; 16:2 - heard; 27:12 - altogether; Psalm 109:16 - persecuted; 119:22 - Remove; Amos 1:3 - For; Zechariah 8:23 - ten men Verse 4I have erredJob 11:3-6 mine2 Samuel 24:17; Proverbs 9:12; Ezekiel 18:4; 2 Corinthians 5:10; Galatians 6:5ReciprocalJob 10:1 - I will leave Verse 5magnifyPsalm 35:26, 38:16, 41:11, 55:12; Micah 7:8; Zephaniah 2:10; Zechariah 12:7 plead1 Samuel 1:6; Nehemiah 1:3; Isaiah 4:1; Luke 1:25, 13:2-4; John 9:2, 9:34ReciprocalJob 13:19 - that will plead Verse 6GodJob 7:20, 16:11-14; Psalm 44:9-14, 66:10-12 compassedJob 18:8-10; Lamentations 1:12, 1:13; Ezekiel 12:13, 32:3; Hosea 7:12ReciprocalRuth 1:20 - dealt; Job 10:17 - war; 22:10 - snares; 30:21 - become cruel; 32:13 - God; 35:2 - My; 36:8 - if; 40:2 - he that reproveth; Psalm 66:11 - broughtest Verse 7I cryJob 10:3, 10:15-17, 16:17-19, 21:27; Psalm 22:2; Jeremiah 20:8; Lamentations 3:8; Habakkuk 1:2, 1:3 wrongor, violenceno judgmentJob 9:32, 13:15-23, 16:21, 23:3-7, 31:35, 31:36, 34:5, 40:8Reciprocal8:3 - God; 30:20 - I cry; 35:2 - My; 35:14 - yet; Psalm 55:17 - cry Verse 8fencedJob 3:23; Psalm 88:8; Lamentations 3:7, 3:9; Hosea 2:6 setJoshua 24:7; Proverbs 4:19; Isaiah 50:10; Jeremiah 13:16, 23:12; John 8:12ReciprocalGenesis 31:7 - ten times; Job 22:11 - darkness; 23:17 - the darkness from; 36:16 - a broad; Psalm 107:14 - brought; Lamentations 3:5 - builded Verse 9strippedJob 29:7-14, 29:20, 29:21, 30:1; Psalm 49:16, 49:17, 89:44; Isaiah 61:6; Hosea 9:11ReciprocalJob 1:18 - there came; Lamentations 5:16 - The crown; Colossians 2:19 - by Verse 10destroyedJob 1:13-19, 2:7; Psalm 88:13-18; Lamentations 2:5, 2:6; 2 Corinthians 4:8, 4:9 I am goneJob 17:11; Psalm 102:11 mine hopeJob 6:11, 8:13-18, 17:15, 24:20; Psalm 37:35, 37:36ReciprocalJoshua 10:35 - utterly; Job 1:18 - there came; 14:7 - that it will sprout; 14:19 - destroyest Verse 11kindledDeuteronomy 32:22; Psalm 89:46, 90:7 he countethJob 13:24, 16:9, 33:10; Lamentations 2:5ReciprocalGenesis 42:14 - General; Job 31:35 - mine; Jeremiah 30:14 - I Verse 12HisJob 16:11; Isaiah 10:5, 10:6, 51:23 raiseJob 30:12ReciprocalPsalm 88:18 - Lover Verse 13put my brethrenPsalm 31:11, 38:11, 69:8, 69:20, 88:8, 88:18; Matthew 26:56; 2 Timothy 4:16 estrangedJob 6:21-23Reciprocal18:20 - were affrighted; 30:1 - they that are; 30:10 - flee far; 42:11 - all his brethren; Psalm 54:3 - strangers; 142:4 - but there was; Proverbs 14:20 - poor; 19:4 - the poor; Lamentations 1:2 - all her friends; 1:19 - for; Matthew 10:36 - General; 26:31 - and the; Mark 14:50 - General; Luke 23:49 - acquaintance Verse 14kinsfolkPsalm 38:11; Proverbs 18:24; Micah 7:5, 7:6; Matthew 10:21 familiar2 Samuel 16:23; Psalm 55:12-14; Jeremiah 20:10; John 13:18ReciprocalGenesis 40:23 - but forgat him; Job 2:8 - took him; 2:12 - knew him; 30:10 - flee far; 42:11 - all his brethren; Psalm 31:11 - especially; Proverbs 14:20 - poor; Lamentations 1:2 - all her friends; Mark 14:50 - General Verse 15dwellJob 19:16-19 count me31:31, 31:32; Psalm 123:3

Verse 16my servantJob 1:15, 1:16, 1:17, 1:19ReciprocalDeuteronomy 19:18 - diligent; 2 Samuel 19:29 - Why speakest; Job 19:15 - dwell; Proverbs 29:19 - though Verse 17breathJob 2:9, 2:10, 17:1 bodyHeb. bellyReciprocalDeuteronomy 28:11 - body; 2 Samuel 19:29 - Why speakest; Job 19:3 - make yourselves strange to me Verse 18YeaJob 30:1, 30:12; 2 Kings 2:23; Isaiah 3:5 young childrenor, the wicked

Verse 19my inward friendsHeb. the men of my secret, Psalm 41:9, 55:12-14, 55:20 they whomJob 6:14, 6:15; Psalm 109:4, 109:5; Luke 22:48ReciprocalJob 2:11 - friends; 30:10 - abhor me; Jeremiah 20:10 - All my familiars; Matthew 10:21 - the children; Luke 22:21 - General Verse 20boneJob 30:30, 33:19-22; Psalm 22:14-17, 32:3, 32:4, 38:3, 102:3, 102:5; Lamentations 4:8 and toor, asand I amJob 2:4-6, 7:5; Lamentations 3:4, 5:10ReciprocalJob 2:5 - put forth; 14:22 - his flesh; 20:11 - bones; 21:5 - be astonished; 30:18 - By the great; 33:21 - His flesh; Psalm 109:24 - my flesh Verse 21have pityJob 6:14; Romans 12:15; 1 Corinthians 12:26; Habakkuk 3:1 the handJob 1:11, 2:5, 2:10, 6:4; Psalm 38:2ReciprocalGenesis 3:3 - touch; Ruth 1:13 - the hand; 2:9 - touch thee; Job 2:11 - friends; 4:5 - it toucheth; 6:9 - that he would; 21:5 - be astonished; 32:13 - God; Psalm 6:2 - my; 69:20 - comforters; 69:26 - For; 109:16 - persecuted; Ecclesiastes 4:1 - they had; Jeremiah 15:5 - For who; Lamentations 3:1 - the man; Acts 13:11 - hand Verse 22persecuteJob 10:16, 16:13, 16:14; Psalm 69:26 and are notJob 2:5, 31:31; Isaiah 51:23; Micah 3:3ReciprocalJob 14:22 - his flesh; 19:28 - Why; Psalm 27:2 - to; 69:20 - comforters; 109:16 - persecuted; Ecclesiastes 4:1 - they had Verse 23OhHeb. Who will give, etcmy wordsJob 31:35; Isaiah 8:1, 30:8 oh that they wereRather, "Oh that they were described yuchakoo in a book, with an iron stile and lead! Were graven on a rock for ever!" Pliny observes, "At first men wrote on palm leaves, and afterwards on the bark or rind of other trees. In process of time, public monuments were written on rolls of lead - plumbeis voluminibus
and those of a private nature on linen books, or tables covered with wax.ReciprocalExodus 17:14 - memorial; Deuteronomy 6:9 - General; Psalm 102:18 - This; Jeremiah 17:1 - written; 30:2 - General; Malachi 3:16 - a book; 1 Thessalonians 5:8 - the hope
Verse 24gravenExodus 28:11, 28:12, 28:21, 32:16; Deuteronomy 27:2, 27:3, 27:8; Jeremiah 17:1ReciprocalJob 31:35 - mine; Psalm 102:18 - This; Isaiah 8:1 - write; 30:8 - write; Jeremiah 30:2 - General Verse 25I knowJob 33:23, 33:24; Psalm 19:14; Isaiah 54:5, 59:20, 59:21; Ephesians 1:7 he shallGenesis 3:15, 22:18; John 5:22-29; Jude 1:14ReciprocalNumbers 24:17 - I shall see him; Deuteronomy 31:29 - the latter days; Joshua 2:9 - I know; Ruth 2:20 - one of our; 2 Samuel 22:47 - Lord; Job 13:15 - he slay me; 14:12 - till the heavens; 14:14 - shall he live; Psalm 138:7 - Though I walk; Proverbs 14:32 - the righteous; Isaiah 2:2 - in the last; 30:8 - the time to come; 41:14 - saith; Jeremiah 48:47 - in the latter; Daniel 12:2 - many; Hosea 13:14 - ransom; Matthew 22:29 - not; Mark 12:24 - because; John 5:28 - for; 11:25 - he that; Acts 2:27 - to see; 24:15 - that; 26:6 - the promise; Romans 5:2 - and rejoice; 2 Corinthians 5:1 - we know; 1 Thessalonians 1:10 - wait; 4:13 - which have; Titus 2:13 - the glorious; Habakkuk 3:1 - but; 3:1 - but; 1 Peter 1:5 - in; Revelation 1:18 - that liveth Verse 26And thoughetc. Or, After I shall awake, though this body be destroyed, yet out of my flesh shall I see God. Psalm 17:15 in my flesh16:9, 16:11; Matthew 5:8; 1 Corinthians 13:12, 15:53; Philippians 3:21; 1 John 3:2; Revelation 1:7ReciprocalGenesis 3:19 - and; Job 7:5 - flesh; 14:10 - where is he; 14:14 - shall he live; 14:22 - his flesh; 17:14 - to the worm; 21:26 - the worms; 24:20 - the worm; Psalm 138:7 - Though I walk; John 5:28 - for; Acts 12:23 - and he; 13:36 - and saw; 24:15 - that; 2 Corinthians 4:16 - though; 5:1 - we know; Philippians 1:23 - with; Habakkuk 3:1 - no man Verse 27I shallNumbers 24:17; Isaiah 26:19 anotherHeb. a stranger, though my reins, etc. or, my reins within me are consumed with earnest desire for that day. Psalm 119:81; Philippians 1:23 within meHeb. in my bosomReciprocalJob 16:13 - he cleaveth; Psalm 16:9 - my flesh; 17:15 - I will; Matthew 5:8 - for; Acts 13:36 - and saw; 2 Corinthians 4:16 - though; Revelation 1:7 - and every Verse 28WhyJob 19:22; Psalm 69:26 seeingetc. or, and what root of matter is found in me, the root. 1 Kings 14:13 in meInstead of bee, "in me," bo, "in him," is the reading of more than 100 manuscripts.ReciprocalJob 6:13 - Is not my; Matthew 13:21 - root; Mark 4:17 - have; Luke 8:13 - and these; 1 John 3:9 - for Verse 29ye afraidJob 13:7-11; Romans 13:1-4 that ye mayPsalm 58:10, 58:11; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Matthew 7:1, 7:2; James 4:11, 4:12ReciprocalJob 20:3 - the check