Job 18

¹Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

²How long ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and then we will speak!

³Why are we accounted as brutes, And reputed vile in your sight?

⁴Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger! Must the earth be deserted for thee, And the rock removed from its place?

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

⁶Light shall become darkness in his tent, And his lamp over him shall go out.

⁷His strong steps shall be straitened, And his own plans shall cast him down.

⁸He is brought into the net by his own feet, And he walketh upon snares.

⁹The trap layeth hold of him by the heel, And the snare holdeth him fast.

¹⁰A net is secretly laid for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the pathway.

¹¹Terrors affright him on every side, And harass him at his heels.

¹²His strength is wasted by hunger, And destruction is ready at his side.

¹³His limbs are consumed, Yea, his limbs are devoured by the first-born of death.

¹⁴He is torn from his tent, which was his confidence, And is borne away to the king of terrors.

¹⁵They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

¹⁶His roots below shall be dried up, And his branches above shall be withered.

¹⁷His memory perisheth from the earth, And no name hath he in the land.

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

¹⁹He hath no son, nor kinsman among his people, Nor any survivor in his dwelling-place.

²⁰They that come after him shall be amazed at his fate, As they that were before them were struck with horror.

²¹Yea, such is the dwelling of the unrighteous man; Such is the place of him who 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.