[1] Then Bildad the Shuhite replied, [2] “Job, when will you stop these speeches of yours? Be reasonable! Then we can talk. [3] Why do you look at us as if we were cattle? Why do you think of us as being stupid? [4] Your anger is tearing you to pieces. Does the earth have to be deserted just to prove you are right? Must all the rocks be moved from their places? [5] “The lamps of sinful people are blown out. Their flames will never burn again. [6] The lights in their tents become dark. The lamps beside those who are evil go out. [7] They walk more slowly than they used to. Their own evil plans make them fall. [8] Their feet take them into a net. They wander right into it. [9] A trap grabs hold of their heels. It refuses to let them go. [10] A trap lies in their path. A rope to catch them is hidden on the ground. [11] Terrors alarm them on every side. They follow them every step of the way. [12] Trouble would like to eat them up. Danger waits for them when they fall. [13] It eats away parts of their skin. Death itself feeds on their arms and legs. [14] They are torn away from the safety of their tents. They are marched off to the one who rules over death. [15] Fire races through their tents. Burning sulfur is scattered over their homes. [16] Their roots dry up under them. Their branches dry up above them. [17] No one on earth remembers them. Their names are forgotten in the land. [18] They are driven from light into the place of darkness. They are thrown out of the world. [19] Their family dies out among their people. No one is left where they used to live. [20] What has happened to them shocks the people in the west. It terrifies the people in the east. [21] Now you know what the homes of sinners are like. Those who don’t know God live in places like that.”
