Job 18

1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

2How long will you keep looking for words? Be sensible, and then we can talk.

3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, Andare become unclean in your sight?

3Why are we treated like cattle? Why are we seen as stupid in your eyes?

4Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

4You who tear yourself apart in your anger, should the earth be abandoned just for you? Should the rocks be moved out of their place?

5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

5Indeed, the light of the wicked man is snuffed out, and the flame of his fire stops glowing.

6The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.

6The light in his tent turns to darkness, and the lamp hanging above him goes out.

7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

7His strong stride is shortened, and his own schemes bring him down.

8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

8His own feet lead him into a net, and he walks straight into a trap.

9A gin shall take him by the heel, Anda snare shall lay hold on him.

9A snare catches him by the heel, and a trap grabs hold of him.

10A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

10A noose is hidden for him on the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.

11Terrors frighten him on every side and dog his every step.

12His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.

12Hunger weakens his strength, and disaster is ready to trip him up.

13The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.

13Disease eats away at his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs.

14He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

14He is torn from the safety of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.

15There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

15Strange people will live in his tent, and burning sulfur will be scattered over his home.

16His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

16His roots dry up below him, and his branches wither above him.

17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.

17The memory of him fades from the earth; he leaves no name in the land.

18He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

18He is driven from light into darkness and chased right out of the world.

19He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.

19He has no children or grandchildren among his people, and no survivors where he used to live.

20They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.

20People in the west are shocked at his fate, and people in the east are seized with horror.

21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

21Truly, this is what happens to the homes of the wicked; this is the place of those who do not know God.