Job 18

1 And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.

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 stupid in your sight?

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

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

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 flame of his fire shall not shine.

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

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

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.

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

8 For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;

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

9 The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;

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

10 A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.

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

11 Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.

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

12 His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.

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

13 The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.

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 tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:

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

15 They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:

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;

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 on the pasture-grounds.

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

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

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

19 He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.

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

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

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 unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God.

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