Job 18
1 Then Bildad replied [again]:
Bildad the Shuhite answered 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 ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and then we will speak!
3 Why do you think that we are [as stupid] as cattle? [DOU, RHQ]
Why are we accounted as brutes, And reputed vile in your sight?
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]?
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger! Must the earth be deserted for thee, And the rock removed from 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.
Behold, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the flame of his fire shall not shine.
6 And when the lamps above them [in their tents] are extinguished, there will be no light in those tents.
Light shall become darkness in his tent, And his lamp over him shall go 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].
His strong steps shall be straitened, And his own plans shall cast him down.
8 [It was as though] they walked into their own net or fell into a pit that they themselves have dug.
He is brought into the net by his own feet, And he walketh upon snares.
9 [It was as though] a trap grabbed their heels and held them fast [DOU],
The trap layeth hold of him by the heel, And the snare holdeth him fast.
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.
A net is secretly laid for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the pathway.
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.
Terrors affright him on every side, And harass him at his heels.
12 They became hungry, with the result that they had no strength. They experienced disasters [PRS] constantly.
His strength is wasted by hunger, And destruction is ready at his side.
13 Diseases spread all over their skin/bodies; diseases that (caused their bodies to decay/destroyed their arms and legs).
His limbs are consumed, Yea, his limbs are devoured by the first-born of death.
14 [When they died, ] they were snatched away from their tents and brought to the one who rules over the dead.
He is torn from his tent, which was his confidence, And is borne away to the king of terrors.
15 Now their tents will burn down, when burning sulfur rains down on those tents!
They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16 [Because those who died had no descendants], they were [like trees whose] roots have dried up and whose branches have all withered [MET].
His roots below shall be dried up, And his branches above shall be withered.
17 No one on the earth will remember them any more; no [one on any] street [will even remember] their names [MTY].
His memory perisheth from the earth, And no name hath he in the land.
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 shall be thrust from light into darkness, And driven out of the world.
19 They will have no children or grandchildren, no descendants where they previously lived.
He hath no son, nor kinsman among his people, Nor any survivor in his dwelling-place.
20 People from the east to the west [who hear about what happened to them], will be shocked and horrified.
They that come after him shall be amazed at his fate, As they that were before them were struck with horror.
21 And that is what happens to ungodly/sinful people [like you], to people who (have no interest in/have rejected) God.”
Yea, such is the dwelling of the unrighteous man; Such is the place of him who knoweth not God!
