Job 18

Bildad

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

A noose^t is hidden for him on the ground;

a trap^u lies in his path.^v

Terrors^w startle him on every side^x

and dog^y his every step.

Calamity^z is hungry^a for him;

disaster^b is ready for him when he falls.^c

It eats away parts of his skin;^d

death’s firstborn devours his limbs.^e

He is torn from the security of his tent^f

and marched off to the king^g of terrors.^h

Fire resides in his tent;ⁱ

burning sulfur^j is scattered over his dwelling.

His roots dry up below^k

and his branches wither above.^l

The memory of him perishes from the earth;^m

he has no nameⁿ in the land.^o

He is driven from light into the realm of darkness^p

and is banished^q from the world.^r

He has no offspring^s or descendants^t among his people,

no survivor^u where once he lived.^v

People of the west are appalled^w at his fate;^x

those of the east are seized with horror.

Surely such is the dwelling^y of an evil man;^z

such is the place^a of one who knows not God.”^b