Job 18

1 And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

2 How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.

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

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

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

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

You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

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

"Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.

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

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

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

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

8 For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;

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

9 The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;

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

10 A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.

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

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

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

12 His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.

His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.

13 The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.

The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his members.

14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:

He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors.

15 They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:

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

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;

His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.

17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.

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

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

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

19 He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.

He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned.

20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before [them] were affrighted.

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

21 Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God.

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