Job 18
1 Then Bildad replied [again]:
Then Bildad the Shuhite made answer and said,
2 “When are you going to stop talking [RHQ]? If you would stop talking and listen, we could tell you something.
How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.
3 Why do you think that we are [as stupid] as cattle? [DOU, RHQ]
Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?
4 By being [very] angry and hurting yourself, do you think that doing that will shake the earth, or cause the rocks in the mountains to move? [RHQ]?
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 “What will happen is that the lives of wicked people [like you] end [as quickly as we can] put out a light or extinguish the flame of a fire.
For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.
6 And when the lamps above them [in their tents] are extinguished, there will be no light in those tents.
The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.
7 [For many years] they walked confidently, but later [in life it was as though] they stumbled and fell, because [they themselves did not heed] the advice [that they gave to others].
The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.
8 [It was as though] they walked into their own net or fell into a pit that they themselves have dug.
His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.
9 [It was as though] a trap grabbed their heels and held them fast [DOU],
His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.
10 [as though the noose of] a rope that was hidden on the ground, [whose other end was fastened to the limb of a tree], seized them when they walked into it.
The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.
11 Everywhere they went, there were things that caused them to be terrified; [it was as though] those things were pursuing them and biting at their heels.
He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.
12 They became hungry, with the result that they had no strength. They experienced disasters [PRS] constantly.
His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.
13 Diseases spread all over their skin/bodies; diseases that (caused their bodies to decay/destroyed their arms and legs).
His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.
14 [When they died, ] they were snatched away from their tents and brought to the one who rules over the dead.
He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.
15 Now their tents will burn down, when burning sulfur rains down on those tents!
In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.
16 [Because those who died had no descendants], they were [like trees whose] roots have dried up and whose branches have all withered [MET].
Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.
17 No one on the earth will remember them any more; no [one on any] street [will even remember] their names [MTY].
His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.
18 They will be expelled from the earth where there is light, and they will be sent into the place where it is dark.
He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.
19 They will have no children or grandchildren, no descendants where they previously lived.
He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.
20 People from the east to the west [who hear about what happened to them], will be shocked and horrified.
At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.
21 And that is what happens to ungodly/sinful people [like you], to people who (have no interest in/have rejected) God.”
Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.
