^{1 Ref} Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

^{2 Ref} How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

^{3 Ref} Wherefore are we counted as beasts, `And' are become unclean in your sight?

^{4 Ref} Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

^{5 Ref} Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

^{6 Ref} The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.

^{7 Ref} The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

^{8 Ref} For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

^{9 Ref} A gin shall take `him' by the heel, `And' a snare shall lay hold on him.

^{10 Ref} A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

^{11 Ref} Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.

^{12 Ref} His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.

^{13 Ref} The members of his body shall be devoured, `Yea', the first-born of death shall devour his members.

^{14 Ref} He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

^{15 Ref} There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

^{16 Ref} His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

^{17 Ref} His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.

^{18 Ref} He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

^{19 Ref} He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.

^{20 Ref} They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.

^{21 Ref} Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

^{1 Ref} And Bildad the Shuhite answereth and saith: --

^{2 Ref} When do ye set an end to words? Consider ye, and afterwards do we speak.

^{3 Ref} Wherefore have we been reckoned as cattle? We have been defiled in your eyes!

^{4 Ref} (He is tearing himself in his anger.) For thy sake is earth forsaken? And removed is a rock from its place?

^{5 Ref} Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.

^{6 Ref} The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

^{7 Ref} Straitened are the steps of his strength, And cast him down doth his own counsel.

^{8 Ref} For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And on a snare he doth walk habitually.

^{9 Ref} Seize on the heel doth a gin, Prevail over him do the designing.

^{10 Ref} Hidden in the earth is his cord, And his trap on the path.

^{11 Ref} Round about terrified him have terrors, And they have scattered him -- at his feet.

^{12 Ref} Hungry is his sorrow, And calamity is ready at his side.

^{13 Ref} It consumeth the parts of his skin, Consume his parts doth death's first-born.

^{14 Ref} Drawn from his tent is his confidence, And it causeth him to step to the king of terrors.

^{15 Ref} It dwelleth in his tent -- out of his provender, Scattered over his habitation is sulphur.

^{16 Ref} From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.

^{17 Ref} His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.

^{18 Ref} They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.

^{19 Ref} He hath no continuator, Nor successor among his people, And none is remaining in his dwellings.

^{20 Ref} At this day westerns have been astonished And easterns have taken fright.

^{21 Ref} Only these `are' tabernacles of the perverse, And this the place God hath not known.