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

18:2 How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
18:2 "How long till you put an end to words? Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.

18:3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight?
18:3 Why are we counted as beasts, And regarded as stupid in your sight?

18:4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
18:4 You who tear yourself in anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed 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 "The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.

18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
18:6 The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out.

18:7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
18:7 The steps of his strength are shortened, And his own counsel casts him down.

18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
18:8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walks into a snare.

18:9 The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.
18:9 The net takes him by the heel, And a snare lays hold of him.

18:10 The snare [is] laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
18:10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the road.

18:11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
18:11 Terrors frighten him on every side, And drive him to his feet.

18:12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side.
18:12 His strength is starved, And destruction is ready at his side.

18:13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: [even] the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
18:13 It devours patches of his skin; The firstborn of death devours his limbs.

18:14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
18:14 He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, And they parade him before the king of terrors.

18:15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because [it is] none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
18:15 They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.

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

18:17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
18:17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned.

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 out of the world.

18:19 He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
18:19 He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.

18:20 They that come after [him] shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
18:20 Those in the west are astonished at his day, As those in the east are frightened.

18:21 Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, 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."