1 ¶ Then Bildad, the Shuhite, answered and said,

2 H ow long will it be ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and afterwards we will speak.

3 W hy are we counted as beasts? Are we vile in your sight?

4 O thou that dost tear thy soul in thine anger; shall the earth be forsaken because of thee and shall the rocks be removed out of their place?

5 ¶ The light of the wicked shall certainly be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

6 T he light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

7 T he steps of his strength shall be cut down, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

8 F or a net shall be cast at his feet, and he shall walk upon a network.

9 T he snare shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

10 T he cord is hidden in the ground and a trap for him in the way.

11 ¶ Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and his own feet shall drive him away.

12 H is strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

13 T hey shall devour the protection of his skin; the firstborn of death shall devour his members.

14 H is confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

15 H e shall dwell in his tent, as if it were not his; brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

16 H is roots shall be dried up beneath, and above his branch shall be cut off.

17 H is memory shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the streets.

18 H e shall be driven from the light into the darkness and chased out of the world.

19 H e shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any to succeed him in his dwellings.

20 T hose that come after him shall be dismayed at his day, as those that went before were overcome with fear.

21 S urely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that does not know God.