Job 18
Legacy Standard Bible
Bildad Speaks of the Downfall of the Wicked
18 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 (A)regarded as beasts,
As dense in your eyes?
4 O [a]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 (B)light of the wicked goes out,
And the [b]flame of his fire gives no light.
6 The light in his tent is (C)darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.
7 His [c]vigorous stride is shortened,
And his (D)own counsel brings him down.
8 For he is (E)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 (F)terrors frighten him,
And (G)harass him at every step.
12 His vigor is (H)famished,
And disaster is ready at his side.
13 The firstborn of death eats parts of his skin;
It (I)eats parts of him.
14 He is (J)torn from [d]the security of his tent,
And [e]they march him in step before the king of (K)terrors.
15 [f]There dwells in his tent nothing of his;
(L)Brimstone is scattered on his abode.
16 His (M)roots are dried below,
And his (N)branch is cut off above.
17 (O)Memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name abroad.
18 [g]He is driven from light (P)into darkness,
And (Q)chased from the inhabited world.
19 He has neither (R)offspring nor posterity among his people,
Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
20 Those [h]in the west are appalled at (S)his [i]fate,
And those [j]in the east are seized with horror.
21 Surely such are the (T)dwellings of the unjust,
And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
Footnotes
- Job 18:4 Lit he...tears himself...his
- Job 18:5 Lit spark
- Job 18:7 Lit steps of his strength
- Job 18:14 Lit his tent his trust
- Job 18:14 Or you or she shall march
- Job 18:15 Or Fire dwells in his tent
- Job 18:18 Lit They drive him...And chase him
- Job 18:20 Lit who come after
- Job 18:20 Lit day
- Job 18:20 Lit who have gone before
Job 18
Ang Salita ng Dios (Tagalog Contemporary Bible)
Nagsalita si Bildad
18 Pagkatapos, sumagot si Bildad na taga-Shua,
2 “Job, hanggang kailan ka ba magsasalita ng ganyan? Ayusin mo ang sinasabi mo at saka kami makikipag-usap sa iyo. 3 Ang tingin mo ba sa amin ay para kaming mga hayop na hindi nakakaunawa? 4 Sinasaktan mo lang ang sarili mo dahil sa galit mo. Ang akala mo baʼy dahil lang sa iyo, pababayaan na ng Dios ang mundo o ililipat niya ang mga bato mula sa kinaroroonan nila?
5 “Sa totoo lang, ang taong masama ay tiyak na mamamatay. Ang tulad niyaʼy ilaw na hindi na magbibigay ng liwanag. 6 Magdidilim sa kinaroroonan niya, dahil mamamatay ang ilawang malapit sa kanya. 7 Noon ay may katatagan siya pero ngayon ay bumabagsak. Ang sarili niyang plano ang siya ring sisira sa kanya. 8 Siya mismo ang lumakad papunta sa bitag at nahuli siya. 9 Hindi na maalis doon ang mga paa niya. 10 Inilagay ang bitag sa dinadaanan niya, at tinabunan ng lupa. 11 Napapaligiran siya ng mga bagay na kinatatakutan niya at para bang hinahabol siya ng mga ito saanman siya pumunta. 12 Dahil sa pagkagutom, unti-unting nababawasan ang lakas niya. At ang kapahamakan ay nakahanda para ipahamak siya. 13 Ang balat niyaʼy sinisira ng nakakamatay na sakit at nabubulok ang kanyang mga paaʼt kamay. 14 Pinaalis siya sa tahanang kanlungan niya at dinala sa harap ng nakakatakot na hari. 15 Mawawala ang tirahan ng masama dahil masusunog iyon sa nagniningas na asupre. 16 Ang katulad niyaʼy isang punongkahoy na natuyo ang mga ugat at mga sanga. 17 Makakalimutan siya ng lahat dito sa daigdig at wala nang makakaalala pa sa kanya. 18 Palalayasin siya mula rito sa maliwanag na daigdig patungo sa madilim na lugar ng mga patay. 19 Wala siyang magiging anak o apo at walang matitirang buhay sa pamilya[a] niya. 20 Ang mga tao sa saanmang lugar[b] ay magtataka at matatakot sa mga nangyayari sa kanya. 21 Ganyan nga ang sasapitin ng taong masama na hindi kumikilala sa Dios.”
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