Job 18
World English BibleTranslation
World English Bible
Douay-Rheims Bible, American Edition (1899)
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
1Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
2“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
2How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.
3Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?
3Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?
4You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place?
4Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?
5“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.
5Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
6The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.
6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
7The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.
7The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.
8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
8For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.
9A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
9The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.
10A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.
10A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.
11Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.
11Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.
12His strength will be famished. Calamity will be ready at his side.
12Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.
13The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members.
13Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.
14He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors.
14Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.
15There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.
15Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.
16His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.
16Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.
17His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.
17Let the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets.
18He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
18He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.
19He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.
19His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.
20Those who come after will be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
20They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before.
21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”
21These men are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.
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