1 Bildad from Shuah replied, saying: ISV — Job 18:1
2 “When are you going to stop your word hunt? Think first, and then we can talk. ISV — Job 18:2
3 Why do you think we’re like dumb animals? Do you think we’re stupid? ISV — Job 18:3
4 You’re tearing yourself to pieces in your anger. Will the land be abandoned because of you, or the rock be moved from its place?” ISV — Job 18:4
5 “Indeed, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame from his fire doesn’t shine. ISV — Job 18:5
6 Light in his tent is dark, and his lamp goes out above him. ISV — Job 18:6
7 His strong steps are restricted, and his own advice trips him up. ISV — Job 18:7
8 “For he has stumbled into a net with his own feet; he walked right into the network! ISV — Job 18:8
9 The trap seizes him by the heel; a snare tightens its hold on him. ISV — Job 18:9
10 A rope lies hidden in the dirt; a trap lies a18:10 The Heb. lacks lies waiting for him where he is walking.” ISV — Job 18:10
11 “He is petrified by terror that surrounds him on all sides; they chase at his heels. ISV — Job 18:11
12 He is starved for strength; and is ripe for a fall. ISV — Job 18:12
13 Something gnaws on his skin; a deadly disease b18:13 Lit. a firstborn of death consumes his limbs. ISV — Job 18:13
14 Torn from the security of his home, c18:14 Lit. tent he is brought before the king of terrors. ISV — Job 18:14
15 “There’s nothing in his tent that belongs to him; sulfur is scattered all over his dwelling place. ISV — Job 18:15
16 His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off. ISV — Job 18:16
17 No one remembers him anywhere in the land; no one names streets in his honor. ISV — Job 18:17
18 He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape. ISV — Job 18:18
19 He has no children or descendants within his own people; and no survivors where he once lived. ISV — Job 18:19
20 People d18:20 The Heb. lacks people who live west of him are appalled at his fate; e18:20 Lit. at his day those who live east of him are seized with terror. ISV — Job 18:20
21 Indeed, the residences of the wicked are like this; and so are the homes of those who don’t know God.” ISV — Job 18:21