Job 18

1 Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said:

2 When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.

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

3 For what cause are we counted as beasts, reputed stupid your eyes?

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

4 Thou, the one that teareth himself to pieces in his anger— shall for thy sake the earth be forsaken, and the rock be moved away out of its 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 Ah, truly the light of the wicked will be quenched, and the spark of his fire shall not give light.

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

6 The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.

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

7 His powerful steps will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.

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

8 For he is driven into the net by his own feet, and he taketh his walk upon a snare.

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

9 The trap will seize him by the heel, and the robber will prevail over him.

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

10 The cord is hidden for him in the ground, and a trap is set for him on the pathway.

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

11 All around do terrors scare him, and chase him as he walketh along.

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

12 His first-born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.

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

13 It will devour the limbs of his body: yea, the first-born of death will devour his limbs.

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

14 Then will be plucked up out of his tent his confidence, and [the evil] will urge him forward to the king of terrors.

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

15 It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.

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

16 Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away.

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

17 His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets.

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

18 Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.

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

19 He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning.

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

20 Because of his [calamitous] day are they that come after him astonished, and they that went before are seized with shuddering.

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

21 Yea, such are the dwellings of the unjust, and this is the place of one that knew not God.

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