18:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
18:2 “When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.
18:3 Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?
18:4 You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
18:5 “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.
18:6 The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.
18:7 The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down.
18:8 His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.
18:9 A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.
18:10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.
18:11 Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.
18:12 Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.
18:13 It eats away parts of his skin; death’s firstborn devours his limbs.
18:14 He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
18:15 Fire resides* in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. / *Or Nothing he had remains
18:16 His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.
18:17 The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land.
18:18 He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.
18:19 He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.
18:20 People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror.
18:21 Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God.”