Job 18

1 Then responded Bildad the Shuhite, and said: —

Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

2 How long will ye make a perversion of words? Ye should understand, and, afterwards, we could speak.

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

3 Wherefore are we accounted like beasts? or appear stupid, in thine eyes?

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

4 One tearing in pieces his own soul in his anger, —For thy sake, shall the earth be forsaken? or the rock be moved out of its place?

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

5 Even the light of the lawless, shall go out, —Neither shall shine the flame of his fire;

“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.

6 The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;

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

7 The steppings of his strength are hemmed in, and his own counsel casteth him down;

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

8 For he is thrust into a net by his own feet, and, upon a trap, he marcheth;

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

9 There catcheth him—by the heel—a gin, there holdeth him fast—a noose:

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

10 Concealed in the ground is a cord for him, —and a snare for him, on the path.

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

11 Round about, terrors have startled him, and have driven him to his feet.

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

12 Let his strength be famished, and, calamity, be ready at his side;

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

13 Let it devour the members of his body, Let the firstborn of death devour his members;

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

14 Uprooted, out of his tent, be his confidence, and let it drive him down to the king of terrors;

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

15 There shall dwell in his tent, what is naught-of-his, Let brimstone be strewed over his dwelling;

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

16 Beneath, let his roots be dried up, and, above, be cut off his branch;

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

17 His memorial, have perished out of the land, and let him have no name over the face of the open field;

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

18 Let them thrust him out of light into darkness, Yea, out of the world, let them chase him;

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

19 Let him have neither scion nor seed among his people, neither any survivor in his place of sojourn:

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

20 Over his day, have they been astounded who come behind, and, them who are in advance, a shudder hath seized.

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

21 Surely, these, are the dwellings of him that is perverse, and, this, is 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.”