• Bildad Speaks of the Downfall of the Wicked

  • 1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
  • 2 “How long until you put an end to your words? Show understanding and then we can talk.
  • 3 “Why are we regarded as beasts, As dense in your eyes?
  • 4 “O you who tear yourself in your anger— For your sake is the earth to be forsaken, Or the rock to be moved from its place?
  • 5 “Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.
  • 6 “The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.
  • 7 “His vigorous stride is shortened, And his own counsel brings him down.
  • 8 “For he is thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the netting.
  • 9 “A snare seizes him by the heel, And a device snaps shut on him.
  • 10 “A rope for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path.
  • 11 “All around terrors frighten him, And harass him at every step.
  • 12 “His vigor is famished, And disaster is ready at his side.
  • 13 “The firstborn of death eats parts of his skin; It eats parts of him.
  • 14 “He is torn from the security of his tent, And they march him in step before the king of terrors.
  • 15 “There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his abode.
  • 16 “His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above.
  • 17 “Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad.
  • 18 “He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.
  • 19 “He has neither offspring nor posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
  • 20 “Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror.
  • 21 “Surely such are the dwellings of the unjust, And this is the place of him who does not know God.”