Job 18

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

1 ¶ Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

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

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

4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

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

6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

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

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

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

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

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

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

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

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

15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because [it is] none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

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

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

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

19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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

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

1 Then answered Bildad of Suah, and said:

2 When will you put an end to this speech? Mark you, after this we will talk.

3 Why are we esteemed as cattle, and are so unclean in your sight?

4 Wilt thou burst with wickedness? Thinkest thou that for thy sake the earth shall be forsaken, and the rock removed from her place?

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

6 The light shall be darkened in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out upon him.

7 The approaches of his substance shall be narrow, and his stroke shall cut him down.

8 For his feet are bound in snares, and he walketh in the net.

9 The rope shall hold his heels, and the foolish shall catch him.

10 His snare is laid in the earth, and his trap upon his walk.

11 Around and around shall he be terrified with sudden fear, that he shall not know whither to go out.

12 Hunger shall be his possession, and calamity shall be prepared for him, and shall cleave unto him.

13 The strength of his skin shall be consumed, and his strength shall the prince of death devour.

14 His hope shall be plucked out of his tabernacle, and they shall drive him to the king of terrors.

15 Nothing shall be left in his tabernacle: brimstone shall be sprinkled upon his tabernacle.

16 From beneath shall his roots wither, and from above shall his harvest be cut off.

17 His memory shall perish in the land, and shall have no name in the street.

18 he shall be cast out from the light into darkness, and shall be cast out from the face of the earth.

19 He shall have no children, neither shall he have any nephews among his people: there shall none remain unto him in his goods.

20 They that come after him shall be astonished at his day: and they that are before him shall fear.

21 This is the dwelling place of the unrighteous, and this is the place of him that esteemeth not God.