1 And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,2 How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight?4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.6 The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.8 For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;9 The gin taketh {him} by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;10 A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.11 Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.12 His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.13 The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:15 They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.18 He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.19 He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before {them} were affrighted.21 Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not *God.

1 Alors Bildad, de Shuach, prit la parole et dit:2 Quand finirez-vous ces discours? Ayez du bon sens, et ensuite parlons.3 Pourquoi sommes-nous regardés comme des bêtes, et sommes-nous stupides à vos yeux?4 O toi qui te déchires toi-même dans ta fureur, la terre sera-t-elle abandonnée à cause de toi, et le rocher sera-t-il transporté hors de sa place?5 Oui, la lumière du méchant s'éteindra, et la flamme de son feu ne brillera pas.6 La lumière s'obscurcira dans sa tente, et la lampe s'éteindra au-dessus de lui.7 Ses pas si puissants seront restreints, et son propre conseil le renversera.8 Car il sera pris dans les filets par ses pieds, et il marchera sur le piège.9 Le lacet le tiendra par le talon, et le filet le saisira:10 Une corde est cachée pour lui sous terre, et une trappe sur son sentier.11 De tous côtés des terreurs l'assiégeront, et feront courir ses pieds çà et là.12 Sa vigueur sera affamée; la calamité se tiendra prête à ses côtés.13 Il dévorera les membres de son corps, il dévorera ses membres, le premier-né de la mort!14 On l'arrachera de sa tente, objet de sa confiance; on l'amènera au roi des épouvantements.15 On habitera dans sa tente, qui ne sera plus à lui; le soufre sera répandu sur sa demeure.16 En bas ses racines sécheront, et en haut ses branches seront coupées.17 Sa mémoire disparaîtra de la terre, et on ne prononcera plus son nom sur les places.18 On le chassera de la lumière dans les ténèbres, et on le bannira du monde.19 Il n'aura ni lignée, ni descendance au milieu de son peuple, ni survivant dans ses habitations.20 Ceux d'Occident seront stupéfaits du jour de sa ruine, et ceux d'Orient en seront saisis d'horreur.21 Tel est le sort de l'injuste. Telle est la destinée de celui qui ne connaît pas Dieu.