Job 18
Holman Christian Standard Bible
Bildad Speaks
18 Then Bildad the Shuhite(A) replied:
2 How long until you stop talking?
Show some sense, and then we can talk.
3 Why are we regarded as cattle,
as stupid in your sight?
4 You who tear yourself in anger[a]—
should the earth be abandoned on your account,
or a rock be removed from its place?
5 Yes, the light(B) of the wicked(C) is extinguished;
the flame of his fire does not glow.
6 The light in his tent grows dark,(D)
and the lamp beside him is put out.
7 His powerful stride is shortened,
and his own schemes trip him up.(E)
8 For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he strays into its mesh.
9 A trap catches him by the heel;
a noose seizes him.
10 A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,
and a snare waits for him along the path.
11 Terrors frighten him on every side(F)
and harass him at every step.
12 His strength is depleted;
disaster lies ready for him to stumble.[b]
13 Parts of his skin are eaten away;
death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.
14 He is ripped from the security of his tent
and marched away to the king of terrors.
15 Nothing he owned remains in his tent.
Burning sulfur(G) is scattered over his home.
16 His roots below dry up,
and his branches above wither away.(H)
17 All memory(I) of him perishes from the earth;
he has no name anywhere.[c]
18 He is driven from light to darkness
and chased from the inhabited world.
19 He has no children or descendants among his people,
no survivor where he used to live.(J)
20 Those in the west are appalled(K) at his fate,
while those in the east tremble in horror.
21 Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man,
and this is the place of the one who does not know God.(L)
Job 18
Dios Habla Hoy
Bildad
18 ¿Cuándo va a dejar de hablar esta gente?
Si fuera razonable, podríamos hablar.
3 ¿Por qué se nos trata como animales
y se nos considera estúpidos?
4 ¿Crees tú que por desgarrarte rabiosamente
va a quedar desierta la tierra
o las rocas van a cambiar de lugar?
5 Al malvado se le apagará la luz,
y su fuego no volverá a dar llama.
6 Su lámpara se apagará;
en su casa no brillará la luz.
7 Su paso firme perderá fuerza,
y quedará atrapado en su propia trampa.
8 Se pondrá una red a su paso,
y en esa red quedará atrapado.
9 Se tenderá un lazo a sus pies,
y alrededor del tobillo se le cerrará el nudo.
10 La trampa estará oculta en el camino
para atraparle cuando pase.
11 Por todas partes se siente amenazado;
se siente perseguido a cada paso.
12 Sus fuerzas se acaban por el hambre;
la desgracia está lista a caerle encima.
13 La enfermedad, hija preferida de la muerte,
le devora la carne poco a poco.
14 Arrancado es también de la paz de su hogar
y llevado a rastras ante el rey del terror.
15 Se prende fuego a su casa;
sus posesiones son rociadas con azufre.
16 Es como un árbol de raíces secas
y ramas marchitas.
17 Su recuerdo se borrará de la tierra
y no se volverá a pronunciar su nombre.
18 Lo arrojarán de la luz a las tinieblas;
lo expulsarán de este mundo.
19 No tendrá descendientes en su pueblo;
nadie en su casa quedará con vida.
20 Cuando sepan su destino, en oriente y occidente
quedarán espantados, llenos de terror.
21 En eso acaba la vida del malvado,
del hombre que desprecia a Dios.
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