Job 18

Chapter 18

Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:

²How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.

³Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?

⁴Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?

⁵Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?

⁶The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.

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

⁸For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.

⁹The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.

¹⁰A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.

¹¹Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.

¹²Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.

¹³Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.

¹⁴Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.

¹⁵Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.

¹⁶Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.

¹⁷Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be renowned in the streets.

¹⁸He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.

¹⁹His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.

²⁰They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before.

²¹These then are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.