Noyes - Job - 18

18:1  Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

18:2  How long ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and then we will speak!

18:3  Why are we accounted as brutes, And reputed vile in your sight?

18:4  Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger! Must the earth be deserted for thee, And the rock removed from its place?

18:5  Behold, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the flame of his fire shall not shine.

18:6  Light shall become darkness in his tent, And his lamp over him shall go out.

18:7  His strong steps shall be straitened, And his own plans shall cast him down.

18:8  He is brought into the net by his own feet, And he walketh upon snares.

18:9  The trap layeth hold of him by the heel, And the snare holdeth him fast.

18:10  A net is secretly laid for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the pathway.

18:11  Terrors affright him on every side, And harass him at his heels.

18:12  His strength is wasted by hunger, And destruction is ready at his side.

18:13  His limbs are consumed, Yea, his limbs are devoured by the first-born of death.

18:14  He is torn from his tent, which was his confidence, And is borne away to the king of terrors.

18:15  They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

18:16  His roots below shall be dried up, And his branches above shall be withered.

18:17  His memory perisheth from the earth, And no name hath he in the land.

18:18  He shall be thrust from light into darkness, And driven out of the world.

18:19  He hath no son, nor kinsman among his people, Nor any survivor in his dwelling-place.

18:20  They that come after him shall be amazed at his fate, As they that were before them were struck with horror.

18:21  Yea, such is the dwelling of the unrighteous man; Such is the place of him who knoweth not God!