Job 18

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