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Job 18

New International Version NIV

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Good News Translation GNT

1 Job, can't people like you ever be quiet?

2 If you stopped to listen, we could talk to you.

3 What makes you think we are as stupid as cattle?

4 You are only hurting yourself with your anger. Will the earth be deserted because you are angry? Will God move mountains to satisfy you?

5 The light of the wicked will still be put out; its flame will never burn again.

6 The lamp in their tents will be darkened.

7 Their steps were firm, but now they stumble; they fall - victims of their own advice.

8 They walk into a net, and their feet are caught;

9 a trap catches their heels and holds them.

10 On the ground a snare is hidden; a trap has been set in their path.

11 All around them terror is waiting; it follows them at every step.

12 They used to be rich, but now they go hungry; disaster stands and waits at their side.

13 A deadly disease spreads over their bodies and causes their arms and legs to rot.

14 They are torn from the tents where they lived secure, and are dragged off to face King Death.

15 Now anyone may live in their tents - after sulfur is sprinkled to disinfect them!

16 Their roots and branches are withered and dry.

17 Their fame is ended at home and abroad; no one remembers them any more.

18 They will be driven out of the land of the living, driven from light into darkness.

19 They have no descendants, no survivors.

20 From east to west, all who hear of their fate shudder and tremble with fear.

21 That is the fate of evil people, the fate of those who care nothing for God.