Job 18

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

2 “How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

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

3 Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?

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

4 You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of 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 “Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.

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

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

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

7 The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.

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

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

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

9 A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.

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

10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.

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

11 Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.

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

12 His strength will be famished. Calamity will be ready at his side.

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

13 The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members.

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

14 He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors.

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

15 There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.

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

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

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

17 His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.

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

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

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

19 He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.

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

20 Those who come after will be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.

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 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”

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