Job 18

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

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

How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

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

Why are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile 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?

He teareth himself in his 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 spark 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 be dark in his tent, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

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

The steps of his strength shall be shortened, 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 cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

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

The trap shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

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

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

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

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

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

His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

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

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

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 bring him 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.

It shall dwell in his tent, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered 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.

The remembrance of him shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

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

He shall be 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 shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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

They that come after him shall be appalled at his day, as they that went before were seized with horror.

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 wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.