Job 18

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

2 How long will it be before all of you make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

How long ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and then we will speak!

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

Why are we accounted as brutes, And reputed vile in your sight?

4 He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger! Must the earth be deserted for thee, And the rock removed from its place?

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

Behold, 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 tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

Light shall become darkness in his tent, And his lamp over him shall go out.

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

His strong steps shall be straitened, And his own plans shall cast him down.

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks upon a snare.

He is brought into the net by his own feet, And he walketh upon snares.

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

The trap layeth hold of him by the heel, And the snare holdeth him fast.

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

A net is secretly laid for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the pathway.

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

Terrors affright him on every side, And harass him at his heels.

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

His strength is wasted by hunger, And destruction is ready at his side.

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

His limbs are consumed, Yea, his limbs are devoured by the first-born of death.

14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him 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 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it 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 scattered upon his habitation.

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

His roots below shall be dried up, And his branches above shall be withered.

17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

His memory perisheth from the earth, And no name hath he in the land.

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

He shall be thrust from light into darkness, And driven out of the world.

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

He hath no son, nor kinsman among his people, Nor any survivor in his dwelling-place.

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

They that come after him shall be amazed at his fate, As they that were before them were struck with horror.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knows not God.

Yea, such is the dwelling of the unrighteous man; Such is the place of him who knoweth not God!