Job 18

¹Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

²When will yee make an ende of your words? cause vs to vnderstande, and then wee will speake.

³Wherefore are wee counted as beastes, and are vile in your sight?

⁴Thou art as one that teareth his soule in his anger. Shall the earth bee forsaken for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place?

⁵Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.

⁶The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

⁷The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.

⁸For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.

⁹The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him.

¹⁰A snare is layed for him in the ground, and a trappe for him in the way.

¹¹Fearefulnesse shall make him afrayde on euery side, and shall driue him to his feete.

¹²His strength shalbe famine: and destruction shalbe readie at his side.

¹³It shall deuoure the inner partes of his skinne, and the first borne of death shall deuoure his strength.

¹⁴His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, and shall cause him to go to the King of feare.

¹⁵Feare shall dwell in his house (because it is not his) and brimstone shalbe scattered vpon his habitation.

¹⁶His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe.

¹⁷His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete.

¹⁸They shall driue him out of the light vnto darkenesse, and chase him out of the world.

¹⁹Hee shall neither haue sonne nor nephewe among his people, nor any posteritie in his dwellings.

²⁰The posteritie shalbe astonied at his day, and feare shall come vpon the ancient.

²¹Surely such are the habitations of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

¹Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

²How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

³Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

⁴He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his 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 tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

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 a snare.

⁹The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

¹⁰The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

¹¹Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

¹²His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

¹³It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

¹⁴His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

¹⁵It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it 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 neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

²⁰They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

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