Job 18

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:

2 When will yee make an ende of your words? cause vs to vnderstande, and then wee will speake.

How long will ye lay snares for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Wherefore are wee counted as beastes, and are vile in your sight?

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed dull in your sight?

4 Thou art as one that teareth his soule in his anger. Shall the earth bee forsaken for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place?

Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

5 Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.

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

6 The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

7 The steps of his strength shalbe restrained, and his owne counsell shall cast him downe.

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

8 For hee is taken in the net by his feete, and he walketh vpon the snares.

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

9 The grenne shall take him by the heele, and the theefe shall come vpon him.

A gin shall take him by the heel, and a snare shall lay hold on him.

10 A snare is layed for him in the ground, and a trappe for him in the way.

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

11 Fearefulnesse shall make him afrayde on euery side, and shall driue him to his feete.

Terrors shall overwhelm him on every side, and shall entrap him at his feet.

12 His strength shalbe famine: and destruction shalbe readie at his side.

His trouble shall be ravenous, and calamity shall be ready for his fall.

13 It shall deuoure the inner partes of his skinne, and the first borne of death shall deuoure his strength.

It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.

14 His hope shalbe rooted out of his dwelling, and shall cause him to go to the King of feare.

That wherein he trusteth shall be plucked out of his tent; and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

15 Feare shall dwell in his house (because it is not his) and brimstone shalbe scattered vpon his habitation.

There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

16 His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe.

His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.

17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete.

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name abroad.

18 They shall driue him out of the light vnto darkenesse, and chase him out of the world.

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

19 Hee shall neither haue sonne nor nephewe among his people, nor any posteritie in his dwellings.

He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

20 The posteritie shalbe astonied at his day, and feare shall come vpon the ancient.

They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before are affrighted.

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

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