Job 18

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:

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

How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

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

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull 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?

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

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

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

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

The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

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

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

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

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

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

A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.

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

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

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

Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet.

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

His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.

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

It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.

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

That wherein he trusteth shall be plucked out of his tent; and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

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

There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

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

His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.

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

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name abroad.

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

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

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

He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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

They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before are affrighted.

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

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