Bildad: God punishes the wicked
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
2 “How long until your words come to an end?
Think about it and afterwards we will speak.
3 Why are we regarded as animals,
which have become unclean in your sight?
4 You who tear yourself up in your anger,
will the earth be forsaken for you?
Or will the rock be removed from its place?
5 Yes, the light of the wicked is put out.
The spark of his fire does not shine.
6 The light is dark in his tent.
His lamp above him is put out.
7 The steps of his strength is shortened.
His own counsel casts him down.
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
and he wanders into its mesh.
9 A snare takes him by the heel.
A trap catches him.
10 A noose is hidden for him in the ground,
a trap for him on the path.
11 Terrors make him afraid on every side
and chase at his heels.
12 His strength is starved.
Calamity is ready at his side.
13 His skin is consumed.
The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14 He is rooted out of the security of his tent.
He is brought to the king of terrors.
15 Nothing of his remains in his tent.
Burning sulfur is scattered on his home.
16 His roots beneath are dried up.
His branch is cut off above.
17 His memory perishes from the earth.
He has no name in the street.
18 He is driven from light into darkness,
and chased out of the world.
19 He has neither son nor grandson among his people,
nor any remaining where he lived.
20 Those who come after are appalled at his fate,
as those who went before were frightened.
21 Surely such are the homes of the unrighteous,
the place of him who does not know God.”