Job 18

Bildad

18Then Bildad the Shuhite^m replied:

²“When will you end these speeches?ⁿ

Be sensible, and then we can talk.

³Why are we regarded as cattle^o

and considered stupid in your sight?^p

⁴You who tear yourself^q to pieces in your anger,^r

is the earth to be abandoned for your sake?

Or must the rocks be moved from their place?^s

⁵“The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out;^t

the flame of his fire stops burning.^u

⁶The light in his tent^v becomes dark;^w

the lamp beside him goes out.^x

⁷The vigor^y of his step is weakened;^z

his own schemes^a throw him down.^b

⁸His feet thrust him into a net;^c

he wanders into its mesh.

⁹A trap seizes him by the heel;

a snare^d holds him fast.^e

¹⁰A noose^f is hidden for him on the ground;

a trap^g lies in his path.^h

¹¹Terrorsⁱ startle him on every side^j

and dog^k his every step.

¹²Calamity^l is hungry^m for him;

disasterⁿ is ready for him when he falls.^o

¹³It eats away parts of his skin;^p

death’s firstborn devours his limbs.^q

¹⁴He is torn from the security of his tent^r

and marched off to the king^s of terrors.^t

¹⁵Fire resides^a in his tent;^u

burning sulfur^v is scattered over his dwelling.

¹⁶His roots dry up below^w

and his branches wither above.^x

¹⁷The memory of him perishes from the earth;^y

he has no name^z in the land.^a

¹⁸He is driven from light into the realm of darkness^b

and is banished^c from the world.^d

¹⁹He has no offspring^e or descendants^f among his people,

no survivor^g where once he lived.^h

²⁰People of the west are appalledⁱ at his fate;^j

those of the east are seized with horror.

²¹Surely such is the dwelling^k of an evil man;^l

such is the place^m of one who does not know God.”ⁿ