Job 18

Berean Standard Bible

Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked

1Then BildadH1085 the ShuhiteH7747 H559 repliedH6030:

2“How longH575 untilH5704 you endH7760 H7078 these speechesH4405?Show some senseH995, and thenH310 we can talkH1696.3WhyH4069 are we regardedH2803 as cattleH929,as stupidH2933 in your sightH5869?4You who tearH2963 yourselfH5315 in angerH639—should the earthH776 be forsakenH5800 on your accountH4616,or the rocksH6697 be movedH6275 from their placeH4725?

5IndeedH1571, the lampH216 of the wickedH7563 is extinguishedH1846;the flameH7632 of his fireH784 does notH3808 glowH5050.6The lightH216 in his tentH168 grows darkH2821,and the lampH5216 beside himH5921 goes outH1846.7His vigorousH202 strideH6806 is shortenedH3334,and his own schemesH6098 trip him upH7993.8ForH3588 his own feetH7272 lead himH7971 into a netH7568,and he wandersH1980 intoH5921 its meshH7639.9A trapH6341 seizesH270 his heelH6119;a snareH6782 grips himH2388 H5921.10A nooseH2256 is hiddenH2934 in the groundH776,and a trapH4434 lies inH5921 his pathH5410.11TerrorsH1091 frighten himH1204 on every sideH5439and harassH6327 his every stepH7272.12His strengthH202 isH1961 depletedH7457,and calamityH343 is readyH3559 at his sideH6761.13It devoursH398 patchesH905 of his skinH5785;the firstbornH1060 of deathH4194 devoursH398 his limbsH905.

14He is tornH5423 from the shelterH4009 of his tentH168and is marched offH6805 to the kingH4428 of terrorsH1091.15FireH1097 residesH7931 in his tentH168;burning sulfurH1614 rains downH2219 onH5921 his dwellingH5116.16The rootsH8328 beneath himH8478 dry upH3001,and the branchesH7105 above himH4605 wither awayH5243.17The memory of himH2143 perishesH6 fromH4480 the earthH776,and he has noH3808 nameH8034 inH5921 the landH2351.18He is drivenH1920 from lightH216 intoH413 darknessH2822and is chasedH5074 from the inhabited worldH8398.19He has noH3808 offspringH5209 or posterityH5220 among his peopleH5971,noH369 survivorH8300 where he once livedH4033.

20Those in the westH314 are appalledH8074 atH5921 his fateH3117,while those in the eastH6931 H270 tremble in horrorH8178.21SurelyH389 suchH428 is the dwellingH4908 of the wickedH5767and the placeH4725 of one who does notH3808 knowH3045 GodH410.”