[1] Job, can't people like you ever be quiet? If you stopped to listen, we could talk to you. [3] What makes you think we are as stupid as cattle? [4] You are only hurting yourself with your anger. Will the earth be deserted because you are angry? Will God move mountains to satisfy you? [5] The light of the wicked will still be put out; its flame will never burn again. [6] The lamp in their tents will be darkened. [7] Their steps were firm, but now they stumble; they fall-victims of their own advice. [8] They walk into a net, and their feet are caught; [9] a trap catches their heels and holds them. [10] On the ground a snare is hidden; a trap has been set in their path. [11] All around them terror is waiting; it follows them at every step. [12] They used to be rich, but now they go hungry; disaster stands and waits at their side. [13] A deadly disease spreads over their bodies and causes their arms and legs to rot. [14] They are torn from the tents where they lived secure, and are dragged off to face King Death. [15] Now anyone may live in their tents- after sulfur is sprinkled to disinfect them! [16] Their roots and branches are withered and dry. [17] Their fame is ended at home and abroad; no one remembers them any more. [18] They will be driven out of the land of the living, driven from light into darkness. [19] They have no descendants, no survivors. [20] From east to west, all who hear of their fate shudder and tremble with fear. [21] That is the fate of evil people, the fate of those who care nothing for God.
