Job 18:4-14

4 ¡Oh tú, que te desgarras en tu ira! ¿Ha de ser abandonada la tierra por tu causa, o removida la roca de su lugar?

5 Ciertamente la luz de los impíos se apaga, y no brillará la llama de su fuego.

6 La luz en su tienda se oscurece, y su lámpara sobre él se apaga.

7 Su vigoroso paso es acortado, y su propio designio lo hace caer.

8 Porque es arrojado en la red por sus propios pies, y sobre mallas camina.

9 Por el calcañar lo aprisiona un lazo, y una trampa se cierra sobre él.

10 Escondido está en la tierra un lazo para él, y una trampa le aguarda en la senda.

11 Por todas partes le atemorizan terrores, y le hostigan a cada paso.

12 Se agota por el hambre su vigor, y la desgracia está presta a su lado.

13 Devora su piel la enfermedad, devora sus miembros el primogénito de la muerte.

14 Es arrancado de la seguridad de su tienda, y se le conduce al rey de los terrores.

Job 18:4-14 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.