Job 18

1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —

And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

2 How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could speak.

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

3 Wherefore are we accounted like beasts? or appear stupid, in thine eyes?

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

4 One tearing in pieces his own soul in his anger, —For thy sake, shall the earth be forsaken? or the rock be moved 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 Even the light of the lawless, shall go out, —Neither shall shine the flame of his fire;

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

6 The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;

The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

7 The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth him down;

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

8 For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;

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

9 There catcheth him—by the heel—a gin, there holdeth him fast—a noose:

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

10 Concealed in the ground is a cord for him, —and a snare for him, on the path.

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

11 Round about, terrors have startled him, and have driven him to his feet.

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

12 Let his strength be famished, and, calamity, be ready at his side;

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

13 Let it devour the members of his body, Let the firstborn of death devour his members;

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

14 Uprooted, out of his tent, be his confidence, and let it drive him down 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, what is naught-of-his, Let brimstone be strewed over his dwelling;

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

16 Beneath, let his roots be dried up, and, above, be cut off his branch;

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

17 His memorial, have perished out of the land, and let him have no name over the face of the open field;

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

18 Let them thrust him out of light into darkness, Yea, out of the world, let them chase him;

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

19 Let him have neither scion nor seed among his people, neither any survivor in his place of sojourn:

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

20 Over his day, have they been astounded who come behind, and, them who are in advance, a shudder hath seized.

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

21 Surely, these, are the dwellings of him that is perverse, 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.