Job 18

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:

And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

2 How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

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

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

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

4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its 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 shall be put out, and the spark 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 shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall 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 shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

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

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

9 A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.

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

10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

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

11 Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet.

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

12 His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.

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

13 It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.

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

14 That wherein he trusteth shall be plucked out of his tent; and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

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

15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

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

16 His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.

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 abroad.

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

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

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

19 He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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

20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before are affrighted.

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

21 Surely such are the dwellings 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.