Job 18

Bildad: The Wicked are Punished

18Then ^aBildad the Shuhite answered and said:

²“How long till you put an end to words?

Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.

³Why are we counted ^bas beasts,

And regarded as stupid in your sight?

^4cYou ¹who tear yourself in anger,

Shall the earth be forsaken for you?

Or shall the rock be removed from its place?

⁵“The ^dlight of the wicked indeed goes out,

And the flame of his fire does not shine.

⁶The light is dark in his tent,

^eAnd his lamp beside him is put out.

⁷The steps of his strength are shortened,

And ^fhis own counsel casts him down.

⁸For ^ghe is cast into a net by his own feet,

And he walks into a snare.

⁹The net takes him by the heel,

And ^ha snare lays hold of him.

¹⁰A noose is hidden for him on the ground,

And a trap for him in the road.

¹¹ⁱTerrors frighten him on every side,

And drive him to his feet.

¹²His strength is starved,

And ^jdestruction is ready at his side.

¹³It devours patches of his skin;

The firstborn of death devours his ²limbs.

¹⁴He is uprooted from ^kthe shelter of his tent,

And they parade him before the king of terrors.

¹⁵They dwell in his tent who are none of his;

Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.

^16lHis roots are dried out below,

And his branch withers above.

^17mThe memory of him perishes from the earth,

And he has no name ³among the renowned.

¹⁸⁴He is driven from light into darkness,

And chased out of the world.

¹⁹ⁿHe has neither son nor posterity among his people,

Nor any remaining in his dwellings.

²⁰Those ⁵in the west are astonished ^oat his day,

As those ⁶in the east are frightened.

²¹Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,

And this is the place of him who ^pdoes not know God.”