1 Bildad Speaks of the Downfall of the Wicked Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2 “How long until you put an end toyourwords?Show understanding and then we can talk.
3 “Why are we regarded as beasts,As dense in your eyes?
4 “O 18:4Lit he...tears himself...his you who tear yourself in your anger—For your sake is the earth to be forsaken,Or the rock to be moved from its place?
5 ¶“Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out,And the 18:5Lit spark flame of his fire gives no light.
6 “The light in his tent is darkened,And his lamp goes out above him.
7 “His 18:7Lit steps of his strength vigorous stride is shortened,And his own counsel brings him down.
8 “For he is thrown into the net by his own feet,And he steps on the netting.
9 “A snare seizeshimby the heel,Anda device snaps shut on him.
10 “A rope for him is hidden in the ground,And a trap for him on the path.
11 “All around terrors frighten him,And harass him at every step.
12 “His vigor is famished,And disaster is ready at his side.
13 “The firstborn of death eats parts of his skin;It eats parts of him.
14 “He is torn from 18:14Lit his tent his trust the security of his tent,And 18:14Or you or she shall march they march him in step before the king of terrors.
15 “ 18:15Or Fire dwells in his tent There dwells in his tent nothing of his;Brimstone is scattered on his abode.
16 “His roots are dried below,And his branch is cut off above.
17 “Memory of him perishes from the earth,And he has no name abroad.
18 “ 18:18Lit They drive him...And chase him He is driven from light into darkness,And chased from the inhabited world.
19 “He has neither offspring nor posterity among his people,Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
20 “Those 18:20Lit who come after in the west are appalled at his 18:20Lit day fate,And those 18:20Lit who have gone before in the east are seized with horror.
21 “Surely such are the dwellings of the unjust,And this is the place of him who does not know God.”