Job 18
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)Translation
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
Berean Standard Bible
1Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.
2“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
3Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?
3Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
4Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?
4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
5Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
7The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.
7His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
8For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.
8For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
9The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.
9A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
10A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.
10A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
11Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.
11Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
12Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.
12His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
13Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.
13It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.
14He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
15Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.
15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
16Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.
16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
17Let the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets.
17The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
18He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.
18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
19His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.
19He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
20They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before.
20Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
21These men are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.
21Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
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