| 1 | Then Bildad the Shuhite answered: |
| 2 | “How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we shall speak. |
| 3 | Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? |
| 4 | You who tear yourself in your anger — shall the earth be forsaken because of you, or the rock be removed out of its place? |
| 5 | “Surely the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of their fire does not shine. |
| 6 | The light is dark in their tent, and the lamp above them is put out. |
| 7 | Their strong steps are shortened, and their own schemes throw them down. |
| 8 | For they are thrust into a net by their own feet, and they walk into a pitfall. |
| 9 | A trap seizes them by the heel; a snare lays hold of them. |
| 10 | A rope is hid for them in the ground, a trap for them in the path. |
| 11 | Terrors frighten them on every side, and chase them at their heels. |
| 12 | Their strength is consumed by hunger, and calamity is ready for their stumbling. |
| 13 | By disease their skin is consumed, the firstborn of Death consumes their limbs. |
| 14 | They are torn from the tent in which they trusted, and are brought to the king of terrors. |
| 15 | In their tents nothing remains; sulfur is scattered upon their habitations. |
| 16 | Their roots dry up beneath, and their branches wither above. |
| 17 | Their memory perishes from the earth, and they have no name in the street. |
| 18 | They are thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world. |
| 19 | They have no offspring or descendant among their people, and no survivor where they used to live. |
| 20 | They of the west are appalled at their fate, and horror seizes those of the east. |
| 21 | Surely such are the dwellings of the ungodly, such is the place of those who do not know God.” |