JOB 18 [†]Then  a Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

2 “How long will you  b hunt for words?

Consider, and then we will speak.

3 Why are we counted as  c cattle?

Why are we stupid in your sight?

4 You who  d tear yourself in your anger,

shall the earth be forsaken for you,

or  e the rock be removed out of its place?

5[†] “Indeed,  f the light of the wicked is put out,

and the flame of his fire does not shine.

6 The light is  g dark in his tent,

and his lamp above him is put out.

7[†] His strong steps are shortened,

and his  h own schemes throw him down.

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet,

and he walks on its mesh.

9  i A trap seizes him by the heel;

a snare lays hold of him.

10 A rope is hidden for him in the ground,

a trap for him in the path.

11[†]  j Terrors frighten him on every side,

and chase him at his heels.

12 His strength is famished,

and calamity is  k ready for his stumbling.

13 It consumes the parts of his skin;

 l the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.

14[†] He is torn from the tent in which he trusted

and is brought to  m the king of terrors.

15 In his tent dwells that which is none of his;

 n sulfur is scattered over his habitation.

16 His  o roots dry up beneath,

and his branches  p wither above.

17 His  q memory perishes from the earth,

and he has no name in the street.

18  r He is thrust from light into darkness,

and driven out of the world.

19 He has no  s posterity or progeny among his people,

and no survivor where he used to live.

20 They of the west are appalled at his  t day,

and  u horror seizes them of the east.

21[^] Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous,

such is the place of him who  v knows not God.”