Job 18
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said,
Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 “How long will you go on talking, hunting for the right words to say? Talk sense if you want us to reply!
How long ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and then we will speak!
3 Do you think we're dumb animals? Do we look stupid to you?
Why are we accounted as brutes, And reputed vile in your sight?
4 You tear yourself apart with your anger. Do you think the earth has to be abandoned, or the mountains moved, just because of you?
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger! Must the earth be deserted for thee, And the rock removed from its place?
5 It's certain that the life of the wicked will end like a lamp that is snuffed out—their flame will shine no more.
Behold, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the flame of his fire shall not shine.
6 The light in their home goes out, the lamp hanging above is extinguished.
Light shall become darkness in his tent, And his lamp over him shall go out.
7 Instead of taking strong strides they stumble, and their own plans cause them to fall.
His strong steps shall be straitened, And his own plans shall cast him down.
8 Their own feet trip them up and they are caught in a net; as they walk along they fall into a pit.
He is brought into the net by his own feet, And he walketh upon snares.
9 A trap grabs them by the heel; a snare tightens around them.
The trap layeth hold of him by the heel, And the snare holdeth him fast.
10 A noose is hidden on the ground for them; a rope is stretched across the path to trip them.
A net is secretly laid for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the pathway.
11 Terrors scare the wicked, coming at them from every side, chasing them, biting at their heels.
Terrors affright him on every side, And harass him at his heels.
12 Hunger robs them of strength; disaster waits for them when they fall.
His strength is wasted by hunger, And destruction is ready at his side.
13 Disease devours their skin; deadly disease consumes their limbs.
His limbs are consumed, Yea, his limbs are devoured by the first-born of death.
14 They are torn from the homes they trusted in and taken to the king of terrors.
He is torn from his tent, which was his confidence, And is borne away to the king of terrors.
15 People they don't know will live in their homes; sulfur will be scattered where they used to live.
They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16 They wither away, roots below and branches above;
His roots below shall be dried up, And his branches above shall be withered.
17 the memory of them fades from the earth; nobody remembers their names any more.
His memory perisheth from the earth, And no name hath he in the land.
18 They are thrown out of light into darkness, driven from the world.
He shall be thrust from light into darkness, And driven out of the world.
19 They have no children or descendants among their people, and no survivors where they used to live.
He hath no son, nor kinsman among his people, Nor any survivor in his dwelling-place.
20 People of the west are appalled at what happens to them. People of the east are shocked.
They that come after him shall be amazed at his fate, As they that were before them were struck with horror.
21 This is what happens to the homes of the wicked, to the places of those who reject God.”
Yea, such is the dwelling of the unrighteous man; Such is the place of him who knoweth not God!
