^{1 Ref} Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

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

^{3 Ref} Why are we counted as animals, Which have become unclean in your sight?

^{4 Ref} You who tear yourself in your anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

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

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

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

^{8 Ref} For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he wanders into its mesh.

^{9 Ref} A snare shall take him by the heel; A trap shall lay hold on him.

^{10 Ref} A noose is hidden for him in the ground, 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 famished, Calamity shall be ready at his side.

^{13 Ref} The members of his body shall be devoured, The firstborn of death shall devour his members.

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

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

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

^{17 Ref} His memory shall perish from the earth. 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 grandson among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.

^{20 Ref} Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, As those who went before were frightened.

^{21 Ref} Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, This is the place of him who doesn't know 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.

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

^{2 Ref} How long will it be before you have done talking? Get wisdom, and then we will say what is in our minds.

^{3 Ref} Why do we seem as beasts in your eyes, and as completely without knowledge?

^{4 Ref} But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?

^{5 Ref} For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

^{6 Ref} The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

^{7 Ref} The steps of his strength become short, and by his design destruction overtakes him.

^{8 Ref} His feet take him into the net, and he goes walking into the cords.

^{9 Ref} His foot is taken in the net; he comes into its grip.

^{10 Ref} The twisted cord is put secretly in the earth to take him, and the cord is placed in his way.

^{11 Ref} He is overcome by fears on every side, they go after him at every step.

^{12 Ref} His strength is made feeble for need of food, and destruction is waiting for his falling footstep.

^{13 Ref} His skin is wasted by disease, and his body is food for the worst of diseases.

^{14 Ref} He is pulled out of his tent where he was safe, and he is taken away to the king of fears.

^{15 Ref} In his tent will be seen that which is not his, burning stone is dropped on his house.

^{16 Ref} Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

^{17 Ref} His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.

^{18 Ref} He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.

^{19 Ref} He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.

^{20 Ref} At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.

^{21 Ref} Truly, these are the houses of the sinner, and this is the place of him who has no knowledge of God.