Job 18

1 And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

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

“When will you stop your talk? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

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

Why are we regarded as beasts, stupid 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?

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

Indeed, the light of the wicked person will be put out; the spark of his fire will not shine.

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

The light will be dark in his tent; his lamp above him will be put out.

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

The steps of his strength will be made short; his own plans will cast him down.

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

For he will be thrown into a net by his own feet; he will walk into a pitfall.

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

A trap will take him by the heel; a snare will lay hold on him.

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

A noose is hidden for him on 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 will make him afraid on every side; they will chase him at his heels.

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

His wealth will turn into hunger, and calamity will be ready at his side.

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

The parts of his body will be devoured; indeed, the firstborn of death will devour his parts.

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

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

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

People not his own will live in his tent after they see that sulfur is scattered within his home.

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

His roots will be dried up beneath; above will his branch be cut off.

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

His memory will perish from the earth; he will have no name in the street.

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

He will be driven from light into darkness and be chased out of this world.

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

He will have no son or son's son among his people, nor any remaining kinfolk where he had stayed.

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

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

Surely such are the homes of unrighteous people, the places of those who do not know God.”