Bildad: The Wicked Are Punished
18 Then (A)Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 “How long till you put an end to words?
Gain understanding, and afterward we will speak.
3 Why are we counted (B)as beasts,
And regarded as stupid in your sight?
4 (C)You[a] who tear yourself in anger,
Shall the earth be forsaken for you?
Or shall the rock be removed from its place?
5 “The(D) light of the wicked indeed goes out,
And the flame of his fire does not shine.
6 The light is dark in his tent,
(E)And his lamp beside him is put out.
7 The steps of his strength are shortened,
And (F)his own counsel casts him down.
8 For (G)he is cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walks into a snare.
9 The net takes him by the heel,
And (H)a snare lays hold of him.
10 A noose is hidden for him on the ground,
And a trap for him in the road.
11 (I)Terrors frighten him on every side,
And drive him to his feet.
12 His strength is starved,
And (J)destruction is ready at his side.
13 It devours patches of his skin;
The firstborn of death devours his [b]limbs.
14 He is uprooted from (K)the shelter of his tent,
And they parade him before the king of terrors.
15 They dwell in his tent who are none of his;
Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling.
16 (L)His roots are dried out below,
And his branch withers above.
17 (M)The memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name [c]among the renowned.
18 [d]He is driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.
19 (N)He has neither son nor posterity among his people,
Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
20 Those [e]in the west are astonished (O)at his day,
As those [f]in the east are frightened.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who (P)does not know God.”
Footnotes
- Job 18:4 Lit. one who tears his soul
- Job 18:13 parts
- Job 18:17 Lit. before the outside, i.e., the distinguished or famous
- Job 18:18 Or They drive him
- Job 18:20 Lit. who came after
- Job 18:20 Lit. who have gone before
Cross references
- Job 18:1 : Job 8:1
- Job 18:3 : Ps. 73:22
- Job 18:4 : Job 13:14
- Job 18:5 : Job 21:17; Prov. 13:9; 20:20; 24:20
- Job 18:6 : Job 21:17; Ps. 18:28
- Job 18:7 : Job 5:12, 13; 15:6
- Job 18:8 : Job 22:10; Ps. 9:15; 35:8; Is. 24:17, 18
- Job 18:9 : Job 5:5
- Job 18:11 : Job 20:25; Jer. 6:25
- Job 18:12 : Job 15:23
- Job 18:14 : Job 11:20
- Job 18:16 : Job 29:19
- Job 18:17 : Job 24:20; [Ps. 34:16]; Prov. 10:7
- Job 18:19 : Job 27:14, 15; Is. 14:22
- Job 18:20 : Ps. 37:13; Jer. 50:27; Obad. 12
- Job 18:21 : Jer. 9:3; 1 Thess. 4:5