Job 18

Bildad Speaks of the Wicked

1Then BildadH1085 the ShuhiteH7747 respondedH6030H559,2“HowH575 longH5704 will you huntH7760H7078 for wordsH4405? ShowH995 understandingH995, and thenH310 we can talkH1696.3WhyH4069 are we 1regardedH2803 as animalsH929, As stupidH2933 in your eyesH5869?42You who tearH2963 yourselfH5315 in your angerH639-- Should the earthH776 be abandonedH5800 for your sakeH4616, Or the rockH6697 movedH6275 from its placeH4725?

5“IndeedH1571, the 3lightH216 of the wickedH7563 goesH1846 outH1846, And the sparkH7632 from his fireH784 does not shineH5050.6The lightH216 in his tentH168 is 4darkenedH2821, And his lampH5216 goesH1846 outH1846 aboveH5921 him.7His 5vigorousH202 strideH6806 is shortenedH6887, And his 6own planH6098 bringsH7993 him downH7993.8For he is 7thrownH7971 into the netH7568 by his own feetH7272, And he stepsH1980 on the webbingH7639.9A snareH6341 seizesH270 him by the heelH6119, And a trapH6782 snapsH2388 shutH2388 on him.10A nooseH2256 for him is hiddenH2934 in the groundH776, And a trapH4434 for him on the pathwayH5410.11AllH5439 aroundH5439 8suddenH1091 terrorsH1091 frightenH1204 him, And 9harassH6327 him at every stepH7272.12His strengthH202 is 10famishedH7457, And disasterH343 is readyH3559 at his sideH6763.1311It devoursH398 partsH905 of his skinH5785, The firstbornH1060 of deathH4194 12devoursH398 his 13limbsH905.14He is 14tornH5423 from 15the securityH4009 of his tentH168, And 16they marchH6805 him before the kingH4428 of 17terrorsH1091.1518NothingH1097 of his dwellsH7931 in his tentH168; 19BrimstoneH1614 is scatteredH2219 on his homeH5116.16His 20rootsH8328 are driedH3001 belowH4480H8478, And his 21branchH7105 withersH4448 aboveH4480H4605.1722The memoryH2143 of him perishesH6 from the earthH776, And he has noH3808 nameH8034 abroadH5921H6440H2351.1823He is drivenH1920 from lightH216 24into darknessH2822, And 25chasedH5074 from the inhabitedH8398 worldH8398.19He has noH3808 26offspringH5209 or descendantsH5220 among his peopleH5971, NorH369 any survivorH8300 whereH4033 he residedH4033.20Those in the westH314 areH8074 appalledH8074 at 27his 28fateH3117, And those in the eastH6931 are seizedH270 with horrorH8178.21CertainlyH389 theseH428 are the 29dwellingsH4908 of the wickedH5767, And thisH2088 is the placeH4725 of him who does not knowH3045 GodH410.”