Job 18

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

2 How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

"How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Why are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight?

Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?

4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?

You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

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

"Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.

6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.

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

The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.

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

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

9 The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.

A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.

10 The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way.

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

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

12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side.

His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.

13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: [even] the first-born of death shall devour his strength.

The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his members.

14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors.

15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because [it is] none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.

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

His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.

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

His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.

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

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

19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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

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

Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.

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

Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God."