Job 18

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,

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

When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.

3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] are become unclean in your sight?

For what cause are we counted as beasts, reputed stupid your eyes?

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, the one that teareth himself to pieces in his anger— shall for thy sake the earth be forsaken, and the rock be moved away out of its place?

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

Ah, truly the light of the wicked will be quenched, and the spark of his fire shall not give light.

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

The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.

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

His powerful steps will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.

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

For he is driven into the net by his own feet, and he taketh his walk upon a snare.

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

The trap will seize him by the heel, and the robber will prevail over him.

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

The cord is hidden for him in the ground, and a trap is set for him on the pathway.

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

All around do terrors scare him, and chase him as he walketh along.

12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten and calamity shall be ready for his halting.

His first-born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.

13 It shall devour the members of his body, [yea], the firstborn of death shall devour his members.

It will devour the limbs of his body: yea, the first-born of death will devour his limbs.

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

Then will be plucked up out of his tent his confidence, and [the evil] will urge him forward 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 will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.

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

Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away.

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

His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets.

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

Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.

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

He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning.

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

Because of his [calamitous] day are they that come after him astonished, and they that went before are seized with shuddering.

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

Yea, such are the dwellings of the unjust, and this is the place of one that knew not God.