[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 cattle, as if we are stupid. [4] You tear yourself to pieces in your anger. Should the earth be vacant just for you? Should the rocks move from their places? [5] "The lamp of the wicked will be put out, and the flame in their lamps will stop burning. [6] The light in their tents will grow dark, and the lamps by their sides will go out. [7] Their strong steps will grow weak; they will fall into their own evil traps. [8] Their feet will be caught in a net when they walk into its web. [9] A trap will catch them by the heel and hold them tight. [10] A trap for them is hidden on the ground, right in their path. [11] Terrible things startle them from every side and chase them at every step. [12] Hunger takes away their strength, and disaster is at their side. [13] Disease eats away parts of their skin; death gnaws at their arms and legs. [14] They are torn from the safety of their tents and dragged off to Death, the King of Terrors. [15] Their tents are set on fire, and sulfur is scattered over their homes. [16] Their roots dry up below ground, and their branches die above ground. [17] People on earth will not remember them; their names will be forgotten in the land. [18] They will be driven from light into darkness and chased out of the world. [19] They have no children or descendants among their people, and no one will be left alive where they once lived. [20] People of the west will be shocked at what has happened to them, and people of the east will be very frightened. [21] Surely this is what will happen to the wicked; such is the place of one who does not know God."
