Job 18 (Holman Christian Standard)

Bildad Speaks

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite^a replied: 2 How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk. 3 Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?^b 4 You who tear yourself in anger^c- should the earth be abandoned on your account, or a rock be removed from its place? 5 Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.^d 6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him is put out. 7 His powerful stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.^e 8 For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh. 9 A trap catches [him] by the heel; a noose seizes him. 10 A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,^f and a snare [waits] for him along the path. 11 Terrors frighten him on every side^g and harass him at every step. 12 His strength is depleted; disaster lies ready for him to stumble.^hi 13 Parts of his skin are eaten away; death's firstborn consumes his limbs. 14 He is ripped from the security of his tent and marched away to the king of terrors.^j 15 Nothing he owned remains in his tent. Burning sulfur^k is scattered over his home. 16 His roots below dry up, and his branches above wither away.^l 17 [All] memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name abroad.^mn 18 He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world.^o 19 He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live.^p 20 Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.^q 21 Indeed, such is the dwelling of the wicked, and this is the place of the one who does not know God.^r