18:1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
18:1 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,

18:2 How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
18:2 "How long will you hunt for words? Show understanding and then we can talk.

18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, (And) are become unclean in your sight?
18:3 "Why are we regarded as beasts, As stupid in your eyes?

18:4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
18:4 "O you who tear yourself in your anger-- For your sake is the earth to be abandoned, Or the rock to be moved from its place?

18:5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
18:5 "Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.

18:6 The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
18:6 "The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.

18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
18:7 "His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own scheme brings him down.

18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
18:8 "For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.

18:9 A gin shall take (him) by the heel, (And) a snare shall lay hold on him.
18:9 "A snare seizes [him] by the heel, [And] a trap snaps shut on him.

18:10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
18:10 "A noose for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path.

18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.
18:11 "All around terrors frighten him, And harry him at every step.

18:12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.
18:12 "His strength is famished, And calamity is ready at his side.

18:13 The members of his body shall be devoured, (Yea), the first-born of death shall devour his members.
18:13 "His skin is devoured by disease, The first-born of death devours his limbs.

18:14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
18:14 "He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him before the king of terrors.

18:15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
18:15 "There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.

18:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
18:16 "His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above.

18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
18:17 "Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad.

18:18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
18:18 "He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.

18:19 He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
18:19 "He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned.

18:20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
18:20 "Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror.

18:21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
18:21 "Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God."