[1] Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: [2] How long until you stop talking? Show some sense, and then we can talk. [3] Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight? [4] You who tear yourself in anger - should the earth be abandoned on your account, or a rock be removed from its place? [5] Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow. [6] The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him is put out. [7] His powerful stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up. [8] For his own feet lead him into a net, and he strays into its mesh. [9] A trap catches him by the heel; a noose seizes him. [10] A rope lies hidden for him on the ground, and a snare waits for him along the path. [11] Terrors frighten him on every side and harass him at every step. [12] His strength is depleted; disaster lies ready for him to stumble. [13] Parts of his skin are eaten away; death's firstborn consumes his limbs. [14] He is ripped from the security of his tent and marched away to the king of terrors. [15] Nothing he owned remains in his tent. Burning sulfur is scattered over his home. [16] His roots below dry up, and his branches above wither away. [17] All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere. [18] He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world. [19] He has no children or descendants among his people, no survivor where he used to live. [20] Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror. [21] Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man, and this is the place of the one who does not know God.
