Job 18:12-21

12 Su fuerza será hambrienta, y a su lado estará aparejado quebrantamiento

13 Comerán los ramos de su cuero, y el primogénito de la muerte tragará sus miembros

14 Su confianza será arrancada de su tienda, y al rey de los espantos será conducido

15 En su tienda morará como si no fuera suya; piedra de azufre será esparcida sobre su morada

16 Abajo se secarán sus raíces, y arriba serán cortadas sus ramas

17 Su memoria perecerá de la tierra, y no tendrá nombre por las calles

18 De la luz será lanzado a las tinieblas, y echado fuera del mundo

19 No tendrá hijo ni nieto en su pueblo, ni quien le suceda en sus moradas

20 Sobre su día se espantarán los por venir, como ocupó el pavor a los que fueron antes

21 Ciertamente tales son las moradas del impío, y éste es el lugar del que no conoció a Dios

Job 18:12-21 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JOB 18

In this chapter is Bildad's second reply to Job, in which he falls with great fury upon him, very sharply inveighs against him, and very highly charges him; the charges he brings against him are talkativeness and inattention to what was said to him, Job 18:1,2; contempt of his friends, impatience under his affliction, and pride and arrogance, as if the whole world, the course of nature and providence, and God himself all must give way to him, Job 18:3,4; nevertheless, he is assured of the miserable state of a wicked man, sooner or later, which is described by the extinction of his light of prosperity, Job 18:5,6; by the defeat of his counsels, being ensnared in a net laid for him, Job 18:7-10; by the terrible judgments of the sword, famine, and pestilence, by one or the other of which he is brought to death, the king of terrors, Job 18:11-14; by the destruction of his habitation and of his posterity, so that he has none to hear his name, or perpetuate his memory, Job 18:15-17; by his being driven out of the world, leaving no issue behind him, to the astonishment of all that knew him, Job 18:18-20; and the chapter is closed with this observation, that this is the common case of wicked and irreligious persons, Job 18:21.