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Job 18

The Complete Jewish Bible CJB

1 Bildad the Shuchi said,

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

New Living Translation NLT

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 “How long before you stop talking? Speak sense if you want us to answer!

3 Do you think we are mere animals? Do you think we are stupid?

4 You may tear out your hair in anger, but will that destroy the earth? Will it make the rocks tremble?

5 “Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. The sparks of their fire will not glow.

6 The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.

7 The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened. Their own schemes will be their downfall.

8 The wicked walk into a net. They fall into a pit.

9 A trap grabs them by the heel. A snare holds them tight.

10 A noose lies hidden on the ground. A rope is stretched across their path.

11 “Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step.

12 Hunger depletes their strength, and calamity waits for them to stumble.

13 Disease eats their skin; death devours their limbs.

14 They are torn from the security of their homes and are brought down to the king of terrors.

15 The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses.

16 Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.

17 All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names.

18 They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world.

19 They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they lived.

20 People in the west are appalled at their fate; people in the east are horrified.

21 They will say, ‘This was the home of a wicked person, the place of one who rejected God.’”