1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

2 "How long will you hunt for words?

Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Why are we counted as animals,

which have become unclean in your sight?

4 You who tear yourself in your anger,

will the earth be forsaken for you?

Or will the rock be removed out of its place?

5 "Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out.

The spark of his fire won’t shine.

6 The light will be dark in his tent.

His lamp above him will be put out.

7 The steps of his strength will be shortened.

His own counsel will cast him down.

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet,

and he wanders into its mesh.

9 A snare will take him by the heel.

A trap will catch him.

10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground,

a trap for him on the path.

11 Terrors will make him afraid on every side,

and will chase him at his heels.

12 His strength will be famished.

Calamity will be ready at his side.

13 The members of his body will be devoured.

The firstborn of death will devour his members.

14 He will be rooted out of the security of his tent.

He will be brought to the king of terrors.

15 There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his.

Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.

16 His roots will be dried up beneath.

His branch will be cut off above.

17 His memory will perish from the earth.

He will have no name in the street.

18 He will be driven from light into darkness,

and chased out of the world.

19 He will have neither son nor grandson among his people,

nor any remaining where he lived.

20 Those who come after will be astonished at his day,

as those who went before were frightened.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous.

This is the place of him who doesn’t know God."

1 Then Bildad, the Shuhite, answered and said,

2 How long [will it be ere] ye make an end of words? Understand, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Why are we counted as beasts? Are we vile in your sight?

4 O thou that dost tear thy soul in thine anger; shall the earth be forsaken because of thee and shall the rocks be removed out of their place?

5 The light of the wicked shall certainly be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

7 The steps of his strength shall be cut down, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

8 For a net shall be cast at his feet, and he shall walk upon a network.

9 The snare shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.

10 The cord is hidden in the ground and a trap for him in the way.

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and his own feet shall drive him away.

12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction [shall be] ready at his side.

13 They shall devour the protection of his skin; the firstborn of death shall devour his members.

14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

15 He shall dwell in his tent, as if it were not his; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above his branch shall be cut off.

17 His memory shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the streets.

18 He shall be driven from the light into the darkness and chased out of the world.

19 He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any to succeed him in his dwellings.

20 Those that come after [him] shall be dismayed at his day, as those that went before were overcome with fear.

21 Surely such [are] the dwellings of the wicked, and this [is] the place [of him that] does not know God.: