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Job 18

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

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

2 "How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.

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

3 Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as 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?

4 You who tear yourself in anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed from its place?

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

5 "The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.

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

6 The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out.

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

7 The steps of his strength are shortened, And his own counsel casts him down.

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

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.

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

9 The net takes him by the heel, And a snare lays hold of him.

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

10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the road.

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

11 Terrors frighten him on every side, And drive him to his feet.

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

12 His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side.

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

13 It devours patches of his skin; The firstborn of death devours his limbs.

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

14 He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, And they parade him before the king of terrors.

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

15 They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.

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

16 His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.

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

17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned.

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

18 He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

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

19 He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.

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

20 Those in the west are astonished at his day, As those in the east are frightened.

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

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God."