Job 18
1 And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: —
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
2 When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.
“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
3 Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!
Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?
4 (He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?
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 Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.
“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.
6 The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.
The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.
7 Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.
The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast 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 cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.
A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
10 Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.
A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.
11 Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him — at his feet.
Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.
12 Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.
His strength will be famished. Calamity will be ready at his side.
13 It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.
The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members.
14 Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step 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 It dwelleth in his tent — out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur.
There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulphur will be scattered on his habitation.
16 From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.
His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.
17 His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.
His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.
18 They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.
He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19 He hath no continuator, Nor successor among his people, And none is remaining in his dwellings.
He will have neither son nor grandson amongst his people, nor any remaining where he lived.
20 At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright.
Those who come after will be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
21 Only these [are] tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.
Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”
