Bildad Talks

18 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, ² “How long will you keep talking? Show understanding and then we can talk. ³ Why are we thought of as animals? Why do you see us as not being able to think? ⁴ You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be left alone because of you? Or will the rocks be moved from their place?

⁵ “Yes, the light of the sinful is put out. His fire does not give light. ⁶ The light in his tent is made dark, and his lamp goes out above him. ⁷ His strong steps are made short, and his own plans make him fall. ⁸ For he is thrown down into a net by his own feet and walks on it. ⁹ A trap catches him by the foot and holds him. ¹⁰ A tied rope is hidden in the ground for him. A trap is set for him on the path. ¹¹ He is filled with fear on every side. It follows him at every step. ¹² His strength leaves him because trouble is waiting for him at every side. ¹³ His skin is eaten by disease and the beginning of death eats his legs. ¹⁴ He is taken away from his tent where he was safe, and is brought to the king of fears. ¹⁵ Fire destroys everything in his tent and sulphur is spread where he lives. ¹⁶ His roots are dried below and his branch is cut off above. ¹⁷ No one on earth will remember him. His name will not be known in the land. ¹⁸ He is sent from light into darkness, and driven away from where people live. ¹⁹ He has no children among his people to carry on his name where he lived. ²⁰ Those in the west are surprised and afraid at what happened to him. And those in the east are filled with fear. ²¹ For sure, these are the houses of the sinful. This is the place of him who does not know God.”