Job 18:1-12 ▼

1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,

2 “How long until you put an end to your words? Show understanding and then we can talk.

3 Why are we regarded as beasts, As dense in your eyes?

4 O you who tear yourself in your anger— For your sake is the earth to be forsaken, Or the rock to be moved from its place?

5 “Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.

6 The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.

7 His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own counsel brings him down.

8 For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the netting.

9 A snare seizes him by the heel, And a device snaps shut on him.

10 A rope for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path.

11 All around terrors frighten him, And harass him at every step.

12 His vigor is famished, And disaster is ready at his side.