Job 18
1 And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —
And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:
2 When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.
“When do you set an end to words? Consider, and afterward we speak.
3 Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!
Why have we been reckoned as livestock? We have been defiled in your eyes!
4 (He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?
He is tearing himself in his anger. Is earth forsaken for your sake? And is a rock removed from its place?
5 Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.
Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there does not shine a spark of his fire.
6 The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.
The light has been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.
7 Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.
The steps of his strength are restricted, And his own counsel casts him down.
8 For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.
For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And he habitually walks on a snare.
9 Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.
A trap seizes on the heel, The designing prevails over him.
10 Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.
His cord is hidden in the earth, And his trap on the path.
11 Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him — at his feet.
Terrors have terrified him all around, And they have scattered him—at his feet.
12 Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.
His sorrow is hungry, And calamity is ready at his side.
13 It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.
It consumes the parts of his skin, Death’s firstborn consumes his parts.
14 Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors.
His confidence is drawn from his tent, And it causes him to step to the king of terrors.
15 It dwelleth in his tent — out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur.
It dwells in his tent—out of his provender, Sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
16 From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.
From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above his crop is cut off.
17 His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.
His memorial has perished from the land, And he has no name on the street.
18 They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.
They thrust him from light to darkness, And cast him out from the habitable earth.
19 He hath no continuator, Nor successor among his people, And none is remaining in his dwellings.
He has no continuator, Nor successor among his people, And none is remaining in his dwellings.
20 At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright.
At this day, those [in the] west have been astonished, And those [in the] east have taken fright.
21 Only these [are] tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.
Only these [are] dwelling places of the perverse, And this [is] the place God has not known.”
