Job 18
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2 When will yee make an ende of your words? cause vs to vnderstande, and then wee will speake.
How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.
3 Wherefore are wee counted as beastes, and are vile in your sight?
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight?
4 Thou art as one that teareth his soule in his anger. Shall the earth bee forsaken for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place?
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
6 The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.
The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
7 The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
8 For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.
For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;
9 The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him.
The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;
10 A snare is layed for him in the ground, and a trappe for him in the way.
A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.
11 Fearefulnesse shall make him afrayde on euery side, and shall driue him to his feete.
Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.
12 His strength shalbe famine: and destruction shalbe readie at his side.
His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.
13 It shall deuoure the inner partes of his skinne, and the first borne of death shall deuoure his strength.
The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.
14 His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, and shall cause him to go to the King of feare.
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:
15 Feare shall dwell in his house (because it is not his) and brimstone shalbe scattered vpon his habitation.
They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:
16 His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe.
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 haue no name in the streete.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.
18 They shall driue him out of the light vnto darkenesse, and chase him out of the world.
He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 Hee shall neither haue sonne nor nephewe among his people, nor any posteritie in his dwellings.
He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.
20 The posteritie shalbe astonied at his day, and feare shall come vpon the ancient.
They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before [them] were affrighted.
21 Surely such are the habitations of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God.
