Job 18
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2 “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
“When will you stop your talk? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
3 Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
Why are we regarded as beasts, 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?
You who tear at yourself in your anger, should the earth be forsaken for you or should the rocks be removed out of their places?
5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
Indeed, the light of the wicked person will be put out; the spark of his fire will not shine.
6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
The light will be dark in his tent; his lamp above him will be put out.
7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
The steps of his strength will be made short; his own plans will cast him down.
8 For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
For he will be thrown into a net by his own feet; he will walk into a pitfall.
9 A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
A trap will take him by the heel; a snare will lay hold on him.
10 A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
A noose is hidden for him on the ground; and a trap for him in the way.
11 Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
Terrors will make him afraid on every side; they will chase him at his heels.
12 His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
His wealth will turn into hunger, and calamity will be ready at his side.
13 It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
The parts of his body will be devoured; indeed, the firstborn of death will devour his parts.
14 He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
He is torn from the safety of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
People not his own will live in his tent after they see that sulfur is scattered within his home.
16 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
His roots will be dried up beneath; above will his branch be cut off.
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
His memory will perish from the earth; he will have no name in the street.
18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
He will be driven from light into darkness and be chased out of this world.
19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
He will have no son or son's son among his people, nor any remaining kinfolk where he had stayed.
20 Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
Those who live in the west will be horrified at what happens to him one day; those who live in the east will be frightened by it.
21 Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
Surely such are the homes of unrighteous people, the places of those who do not know God.”
