Job 18

1 And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,

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

When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.

3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight?

For what cause are we counted as beasts, reputed stupid your eyes?

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?

Thou, the one that teareth himself to pieces in his anger— shall for thy sake the earth be forsaken, and the rock be moved away out of its place?

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

Ah, truly the light of the wicked will be quenched, and the spark of his fire shall not give light.

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

The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.

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

His powerful steps will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.

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

For he is driven into the net by his own feet, and he taketh his walk upon a snare.

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

The trap will seize him by the heel, and the robber will prevail over him.

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

The cord is hidden for him in the ground, and a trap is set for him on the pathway.

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

All around do terrors scare him, and chase him as he walketh along.

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

His first-born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.

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

It will devour the limbs of his body: yea, the first-born of death will devour his limbs.

14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:

Then will be plucked up out of his tent his confidence, and [the evil] will urge him forward 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 will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.

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

Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away.

17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.

His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets.

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

Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.

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

He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning.

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

Because of his [calamitous] day are they that come after him astonished, and they that went before are seized with shuddering.

21 Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God.

Yea, such are the dwellings of the unjust, and this is the place of one that knew not God.