1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, NHEB — Job 18:1
2 "How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. NHEB — Job 18:2
3 Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight? NHEB — Job 18:3
4 You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place? NHEB — Job 18:4
5 "Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine. NHEB — Job 18:5
6 The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out. NHEB — Job 18:6
7 The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down. NHEB — Job 18:7
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh. NHEB — Job 18:8
9 A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him. NHEB — Job 18:9
10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the way. NHEB — Job 18:10
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels. NHEB — Job 18:11
12 His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side. NHEB — Job 18:12
13 The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his members. NHEB — Job 18:13
14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors. NHEB — Job 18:14
15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation. NHEB — Job 18:15
16 His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off. NHEB — Job 18:16
17 His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street. NHEB — Job 18:17
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. NHEB — Job 18:18
19 He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned. NHEB — Job 18:19
20 Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened. NHEB — Job 18:20
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God." NHEB — Job 18:21