Job 18

¹Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

²How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

³Wherefore are we counted as beasts, Andare become unclean in your sight?

⁴Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

⁵Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

⁶The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.

⁷The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

⁸For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

⁹A gin shall take him by the heel, Anda snare shall lay hold on him.

¹⁰A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

¹¹Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.

¹²His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.

¹³The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.

¹⁴He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

¹⁵There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

¹⁶His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

¹⁷His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.

¹⁸He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

¹⁹He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.

²⁰They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.

²¹Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

¹Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

²“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

³Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

⁴You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

⁵Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

⁶The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

⁷His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

⁸For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

⁹A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

¹⁰A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

¹¹Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

¹²His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

¹³It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

¹⁴He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

¹⁵Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

¹⁶The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

¹⁷The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

¹⁸He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

¹⁹He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

²⁰Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

²¹Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”