Bildad Describes the Fate of the Wicked

181 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded e , 2 "How long will you hunt e for words ? Show understanding and then we can talk . 3 "Why are we regarded as beasts , As stupid in your eyes ? 4 "O you who tear yourself in your anger - For your sake is the earth to be abandoned , Or the rock to be moved from its place ?

5 "Indeed , the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light . 6 "The light in his tent is darkened , And his lamp goes out above him. 7 "His vigorous stride is shortened , And his own scheme brings him down . 8 "For he is thrown into the net by his own feet , And he steps on the webbing . 9 "A snare seizes him by the heel , And a trap snaps shut on him. 10 "A noose for him is hidden in the ground , And a trap for him on the path .

11 "All around terrors frighten him, And harry him at every step . 12 "His strength is famished , And calamity is ready at his side . 13 "His skin is devoured by disease , The firstborn of death devours his limbs . 14 "He is torn from the security of his tent , And they march him before the king of terrors . 15 "There dwells in his tent nothing of his; Brimstone is scattered on his habitation . 16 "His roots are dried below e , And his branch is cut off above e . 17 " Memory of him perishes from the earth , And he has no name abroad e . 18 "He is driven from light into darkness , And chased from the inhabited world . 19 "He has no offspring or posterity among his people , Nor any survivor where he sojourned . 20 "Those in the west are appalled at his fate , And those in the east are seized with horror . 21 "Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked , And this is the place of him who does not know God ."