Job 18

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,

2 "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.

3 Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?

Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

4 You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?

5 "Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.

For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

6 The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.

The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

7 The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.

The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.

9 A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.

His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

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

The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels.

He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.

12 His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.

His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.

13 The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his members.

His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.

14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors.

He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.

15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.

In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.

Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

17 His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.

His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

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

He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

19 He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned.

He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.

20 Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.

At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God."

Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.