en_cjb - Job 18 - Ozzuu Bible

¹ Bildad the Shuchi said,

² “When will you put an end to words? Think about it — then we’ll talk!

³ Why are we thought of as cattle, stupid in your view?

⁴ You can tear yourself to pieces in your anger, but the earth won’t be abandoned just for your sake; not even a rock will be moved from its place.

⁵ “The light of the wicked will flicker and die, not a spark from his fire will shine,

⁶ the light in his tent is darkened, the lamp over him will be snuffed out.

⁷ His vigorous stride is shortened, his own plans make him trip and fall.

⁸ For his own feet plunge him into a net, he wanders into its meshes.

⁹ A trap grabs him by the heel, a snare catches hold of him.

¹⁰ A noose is hidden for him in the ground; pitfalls lie in his path.

¹¹ Terrors overwhelm him on every side and scatter about his feet.

¹² “Trouble is hungry for him, calamity ready for his fall;

¹³ disease eats away at his skin; the first stages of death devour him gradually.

¹⁴ What he relied on will be torn from his tent, and he will be marched before the king of terrors.

¹⁵ “What isn’t his at all will live in his tent; sulfur will be scattered on his home.

¹⁶ His roots beneath him will dry up; above him, his branch will wither.

¹⁷ Memory of him will fade from the land, while abroad his name will be unknown.

¹⁸ He will be pushed from light into darkness and driven out of the world.

¹⁹ “Without son or grandson among his people, no one will remain in his dwellings.

²⁰ Those who come after will be appalled at his fate, just as those there before were struck with horror.

²¹ “This is how things are in the homes of the wicked, and this is the place of those who don’t know God.”