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Job 18

1 Bildad the Shuchi said,

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 "When will you put an end to words? Think about it -then we'll talk!

2 “When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.

3 Why are we thought of as cattle, stupid in your view?

3 Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?

4 You can tear yourself to pieces in your anger, but the earth won't be abandoned just for your sake; not even a rock will be moved from its place.

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?

5 "The light of the wicked will flicker and die, not a spark from his fire will shine,

5 “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.

6 the light in his tent is darkened, the lamp over him will be snuffed out.

6 The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.

7 His vigorous stride is shortened, his own plans make him trip and fall.

7 The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down.

8 For his own feet plunge him into a net, he wanders into its meshes.

8 His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.

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

9 A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.

10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground; pitfalls lie in his path.

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

11 Terrors overwhelm him on every side and scatter about his feet.

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

12 "Trouble is hungry for him, calamity ready for his fall;

12 Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.

13 disease eats away at his skin; the first stages of death devour him gradually.

13 It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs.

14 What he relied on will be torn from his tent, and he will be marched before the king of terrors.

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

15 "What isn't his at all will live in his tent; sulfur will be scattered on his home.

15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.

16 His roots beneath him will dry up; above him, his branch will wither.

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

17 Memory of him will fade from the land, while abroad his name will be unknown.

17 The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land.

18 He will be pushed from light into darkness and driven out of the world.

18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.

19 "Without son or grandson among his people, no one will remain in his dwellings.

19 He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.

20 Those who come after will be appalled at his fate, just as those there before were struck with horror.

20 People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror.

21 "This is how things are in the homes of the wicked, and this is the place of those who don't know God."

21 Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”