Job 18

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,WEB — Job 18:1

2 “How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.WEB — Job 18:2

3 Why are we counted as animals, Which have become unclean in your sight?WEB — 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?WEB — Job 18:4

5 “Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.WEB — Job 18:5

6 The light shall be dark in his tent, His lamp above him shall be put out.WEB — Job 18:6

7 The steps of his strength shall be shortened, His own counsel shall cast him down.WEB — Job 18:7

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he wanders into its mesh.WEB — Job 18:8

9 A snare shall take him by the heel; A trap shall lay hold on him.WEB — Job 18:9

10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground, A trap for him in the way.WEB — Job 18:10

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.WEB — Job 18:11

12 His strength shall be famished, Calamity shall be ready at his side.WEB — Job 18:12

13 The members of his body shall be devoured, The firstborn of death shall devour his members.WEB — Job 18:13

14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors.WEB — Job 18:14

15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.WEB — Job 18:15

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, Above shall his branch be cut off.WEB — Job 18:16

17 His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.WEB — Job 18:17

18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.WEB — Job 18:18

19 He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.WEB — Job 18:19

20 Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, As those who went before were frightened.WEB — Job 18:20

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, This is the place of him who doesn't know God.”WEB — Job 18:21