[1] Then Bildad from Shuah replied to Job, [2] "How long before your words will end? Think it through, and then we'll talk. [3] Why do you think of us as cattle? Why are we considered stupid in your eyes? [4] Why do you rip yourself apart in anger? Should the earth be abandoned for your sake or a boulder be dislodged? [5] "Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out. The flame of his fire stops glowing. [6] The light in his tent becomes dark, and the lamp above him is snuffed out. [7] "His healthy stride is shortened, and his own planning trips him up. [8] His own feet get him tangled in a net as he walks around on its webbing. [9] A trap catches his heel. A snare holds him. [10] A rope is hidden on the ground for him. A trap is on his path to catch him. [11] "Terrors suddenly pounce on him from every side and chase him every step he takes. [12] Hunger undermines his strength. Disaster is waiting beside him. [13] His skin is eaten away by disease. Death's firstborn son eats away at the limbs of his body. [14] He is dragged from the safety of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. [15] Fire lives in his tent. Sulfur is scattered over his home. [16] His roots dry up under him. His branches wither over him. [17] All memory about him will vanish from the earth, and his reputation will not be known on the street corner. [18] He will be driven from the light into the dark and chased out of the world. [19] He will not have any children or descendants among his people or any survivor where he used to live. [20] People in the west are shocked by what happens to him. People in the east are seized with horror. [21] This is what happens to the homes of wicked people and to those who do not know God."
