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18 And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and 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.

18 He is 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.

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

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

Bildad

18 Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:

“When will you end these speeches?(B)
    Be sensible, and then we can talk.
Why are we regarded as cattle(C)
    and considered stupid in your sight?(D)
You who tear yourself(E) to pieces in your anger,(F)
    is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?
    Or must the rocks be moved from their place?(G)

“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;(H)
    the flame of his fire stops burning.(I)
The light in his tent(J) becomes dark;(K)
    the lamp beside him goes out.(L)
The vigor(M) of his step is weakened;(N)
    his own schemes(O) throw him down.(P)
His feet thrust him into a net;(Q)
    he wanders into its mesh.
A trap seizes him by the heel;
    a snare(R) holds him fast.(S)
10 A noose(T) is hidden for him on the ground;
    a trap(U) lies in his path.(V)
11 Terrors(W) startle him on every side(X)
    and dog(Y) his every step.
12 Calamity(Z) is hungry(AA) for him;
    disaster(AB) is ready for him when he falls.(AC)
13 It eats away parts of his skin;(AD)
    death’s firstborn devours his limbs.(AE)
14 He is torn from the security of his tent(AF)
    and marched off to the king(AG) of terrors.(AH)
15 Fire resides[a] in his tent;(AI)
    burning sulfur(AJ) is scattered over his dwelling.
16 His roots dry up below(AK)
    and his branches wither above.(AL)
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth;(AM)
    he has no name(AN) in the land.(AO)
18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness(AP)
    and is banished(AQ) from the world.(AR)
19 He has no offspring(AS) or descendants(AT) among his people,
    no survivor(AU) where once he lived.(AV)
20 People of the west are appalled(AW) at his fate;(AX)
    those of the east are seized with horror.
21 Surely such is the dwelling(AY) of an evil man;(AZ)
    such is the place(BA) of one who does not know God.”(BB)

Footnotes

  1. Job 18:15 Or Nothing he had remains