GodsWord - Job - 18

18:1  Then Bildad from Shuah replied to Job,

18:2  "How long before your words will end? Think it through, and then we'll talk.

18:3  Why do you think of us as cattle? Why are we considered stupid in your eyes?

18:4  Why do you rip yourself apart in anger? Should the earth be abandoned for your sake or a boulder be dislodged?

18:5  "Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out. The flame of his fire stops glowing.

18:6  The light in his tent becomes dark, and the lamp above him is snuffed out.

18:7  "His healthy stride is shortened, and his own planning trips him up.

18:8  His own feet get him tangled in a net as he walks around on its webbing.

18:9  A trap catches his heel. A snare holds him.

18:10  A rope is hidden on the ground for him. A trap is on his path to catch him.

18:11  "Terrors suddenly pounce on him from every side and chase him every step he takes.

18:12  Hunger undermines his strength. Disaster is waiting beside him.

18:13  His skin is eaten away by disease. Death's firstborn son eats away at the limbs of his body.

18:14  He is dragged from the safety of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.

18:15  Fire lives in his tent. Sulfur is scattered over his home.

18:16  His roots dry up under him. His branches wither over him.

18:17  All memory about him will vanish from the earth, and his reputation will not be known on the street corner.

18:18  He will be driven from the light into the dark and chased out of the world.

18:19  He will not have any children or descendants among his people or any survivor where he used to live.

18:20  People in the west are shocked by what happens to him. People in the east are seized with horror.

18:21  This is what happens to the homes of wicked people and to those who do not know God."