Job 18
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
2 “When will you stop your talk? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
3 Why are we regarded as beasts, stupid in your sight?
Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?
4 You who tear at yourself in your anger, should the earth be forsaken for you or should the rocks be removed out of their places?
You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place?
5 Indeed, the light of the wicked person will be put out; the spark of his fire will not shine.
“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.
6 The light will be dark in his tent; his lamp above him will be put out.
The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.
7 The steps of his strength will be made short; his own plans will cast him down.
The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.
8 For he will be thrown into a net by his own feet; he will walk into a pitfall.
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 A trap will take him by the heel; a snare will lay hold on him.
A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground; and a trap for him in the way.
A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.
11 Terrors will make him afraid on every side; they will chase him at his heels.
Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.
12 His wealth will turn into hunger, and calamity will be ready at his side.
His strength will be famished. Calamity will be ready at his side.
13 The parts of his body will be devoured; indeed, the firstborn of death will devour his parts.
The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members.
14 He is torn from the safety of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors.
15 People not his own will live in his tent after they see that sulfur is scattered within his home.
There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulphur will be scattered on his habitation.
16 His roots will be dried up beneath; above will his branch be cut off.
His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.
17 His memory will perish from the earth; he will have no name in the street.
His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.
18 He will be driven from light into darkness and be chased out of this world.
He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 He will have no son or son's son among his people, nor any remaining kinfolk where he had stayed.
He will have neither son nor grandson amongst his people, nor any remaining where he lived.
20 Those who live in the west will be horrified at what happens to him one day; those who live in the east will be frightened by it.
Those who come after will be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
21 Surely such are the homes of unrighteous people, the places of those who do not know God.”
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”
