Job 18

1 Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

2 How long ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and then we will speak!

“When will you stop your talk? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Why are we accounted as brutes, And reputed vile in your sight?

Why are we regarded as beasts, stupid in your sight?

4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger! Must the earth be deserted for thee, And the rock removed from its place?

You who tear at yourself in your anger, should the earth be forsaken for you or should the rocks be removed out of their places?

5 Behold, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the flame of his fire shall not shine.

Indeed, the light of the wicked person will be put out; the spark of his fire will not shine.

6 Light shall become darkness in his tent, And his lamp over him shall go out.

The light will be dark in his tent; his lamp above him will be put out.

7 His strong steps shall be straitened, And his own plans shall cast him down.

The steps of his strength will be made short; his own plans will cast him down.

8 He is brought into the net by his own feet, And he walketh upon snares.

For he will be thrown into a net by his own feet; he will walk into a pitfall.

9 The trap layeth hold of him by the heel, And the snare holdeth him fast.

A trap will take him by the heel; a snare will lay hold on him.

10 A net is secretly laid for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the pathway.

A noose is hidden for him on the ground; and a trap for him in the way.

11 Terrors affright him on every side, And harass him at his heels.

Terrors will make him afraid on every side; they will chase him at his heels.

12 His strength is wasted by hunger, And destruction is ready at his side.

His wealth will turn into hunger, and calamity will be ready at his side.

13 His limbs are consumed, Yea, his limbs are devoured by the first-born of death.

The parts of his body will be devoured; indeed, the firstborn of death will devour his parts.

14 He is torn from his tent, which was his confidence, And is borne away to the king of terrors.

He is torn from the safety of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.

15 They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

People not his own will live in his tent after they see that sulfur is scattered within his home.

16 His roots below shall be dried up, And his branches above shall be withered.

His roots will be dried up beneath; above will his branch be cut off.

17 His memory perisheth from the earth, And no name hath he in the land.

His memory will perish from the earth; he will have no name in the street.

18 He shall be thrust from light into darkness, And driven out of the world.

He will be driven from light into darkness and be chased out of this world.

19 He hath no son, nor kinsman among his people, Nor any survivor in his dwelling-place.

He will have no son or son's son among his people, nor any remaining kinfolk where he had stayed.

20 They that come after him shall be amazed at his fate, As they that were before them were struck with horror.

Those who live in the west will be horrified at what happens to him one day; those who live in the east will be frightened by it.

21 Yea, such is the dwelling of the unrighteous man; Such is the place of him who knoweth not God!

Surely such are the homes of unrighteous people, the places of those who do not know God.”