Job 18

Job Chapter 18
Bildad's second response to Job

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied
"How long before you stop talking?
Speak sense if you want us to answer!
Do you think we are mere animals?
Do you think we are stupid?
You may tear out your hair in anger
But will that destroy the earth?
Will it make the rocks tremble?

Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out
The sparks of their fire will not glow

The light in their tent will grow dark
The lamp hanging above them will be quenched
The confident stride of the wicked will be shortened
Their own schemes will be their downfall
The wicked walk into a net; they fall into a pit

A trap grabs them by the heel
A snare holds them tight
A noose lies hidden on the ground
A rope is stretched across their path
Terrors surround the wicked and trouble them at every step
Hunger depletes their strength
And calamity waits for them to stumble
Disease eats their skin
Death devours their limbs

They are torn from the security of their homes
And are brought down to the king of terrors
The homes of the wicked will burn down
Burning sulfur rains on their houses
Their roots will dry up and their branches will wither

All memory of their existence will fade from the earth
No one will remember their names
They will be thrust from light into darkness
Driven from the world
They will have neither children nor grandchildren
Nor any survivor in the place where they lived

People in the west are appalled at their fate
People in the east are horrified
They will say, "This was the home of a wicked person
The place of one who rejected God."