| 18:1 |
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: |
| 18:2 |
"When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk. |
| 18:3 |
Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight? |
| 18:4 |
You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place? |
| 18:5 |
"The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning. |
| 18:6 |
The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out. |
| 18:7 |
The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down. |
| 18:8 |
His feet thrust him into a net and he wanders into its mesh. |
| 18:9 |
A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast. |
| 18:10 |
A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path. |
| 18:11 |
Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step. |
| 18:12 |
Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls. |
| 18:13 |
It eats away parts of his skin; death's firstborn devours his limbs. |
| 18:14 |
He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. |
| 18:15 |
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. |
| 18:16 |
His roots dry up below and his branches wither above. |
| 18:17 |
The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. |
| 18:18 |
He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. |
| 18:19 |
He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived. |
| 18:20 |
Men of the west are appalled at his fate; men of the east are seized with horror. |
| 18:21 |
Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who knows not God." |
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