[1] Then Bildad the Shuhite answered: [2] "When will you stop these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk. [3] You think of us as only cattle. You think we are stupid. [4] You tear yourself to pieces in your anger. Does everyone have to leave the earth just for you? Do the rocks have to be moved from their place for you? [5] "The lamp of the wicked person will be put out. The flame in his lamp will stop burning. [6] The light in his tent will become dark. The lamp by his side will go out. [7] His footsteps will become weak and lose their strength. He will fall into his own evil trap. [8] His feet are caught in a net when he walks into its web. [9] A trap will catch him by the heel. And it will hold him tight. [10] A trap for him is hidden on the ground. It lies in his path. [11] Terrible things startle him from every side. They chase him at every step. [12] Hunger takes away his strength. Disaster is at his side. [13] Disease eats away parts of his skin. The signs of death begin to eat away at his arms and legs. [14] The evil person is torn from the safety of his tent. He is dragged off to Death, the King of Terrors. [15] His tent is set on fire. Burning sulfur is scattered over his home. [16] His roots dry up below ground, and his branches above ground die. [17] People on earth will not remember him. His name will be forgotten in the land. [18] He will be driven from the light into darkness. He will be chased out of the world. [19] He has no children or descendants among his people. No one will be left alive where he once lived. [20] People of the west are shocked at what has happened to him. People of the east are very frightened. [21] This is surely what will happen to the home of an evil person. This is the place of one who does not know God."
