[1] Bildad from Shuah answered: [2] How long? Would you all stop talking. Try to understand and then we can speak. [3] Why are we considered beasts, ignorant in your sight? [4] To you who tear yourself in rage—will earth be forsaken for your sake, a rock be dislodged from its place? [5] To be sure, the light of the wicked goes out; the blaze of their fire doesn’t shine. [6] The light in their tent becomes dark, and their lamp above doesn’t shine. [7] Their strong strides slow down; their plans trip themselves. [8] They are caught by their feet in a net; they walk on mesh. [9] A trap grabs them by the heel; a snare tightens on them. [10] A rope is hidden on the ground for them; a trap for them along the path. [11] Terrors round about scare them; they follow their steps. [12] Their offspring hunger; calamity is ready for their spouses. [13] It eats some of their skin. Death’s firstborn consumes their limbs. [14] They are snatched from the safety of their tent; it parades them before the king of terrors. [15] Nothing they own remains in their tent; sulfur is scattered over their home. [16] Their roots dry out below; their branches wither above. [17] The memory of them will perish from the earth; they will achieve no recognition abroad. [18] They are thrust from light into darkness, banished from the world. [19] They have no offspring or descendants among their people, no survivor in their dwelling place. [20] Their successors are appalled at what happens to them; their predecessors pull their hair. [21] These are surely the dwelling places of the evil; this is the place of the one who doesn’t know God.
