1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied,
2"How long will you keep talking? Think about it, and then we can speak.
3Why are we considered like animals, as if we are worthless in your eyes?
4You who tear yourself apart in anger—will the earth be deserted for your sake? Or will a rock be moved from its place?
5Indeed, the light of evil people will be extinguished; the spark of their fire will not shine.
6The light in their tent will become dark. Their lamp above them will be put out.
7Their strong strides will be shortened. Their own advice will bring them down.
8For their own feet have led them into a net, and they stumble into its trap.
9A snare will catch them by the heel. A trap will seize them.
10A noose is hidden for them on the ground, a trap for them on the path.
11Fears will terrify them from every side and chase them relentlessly.
12Their strength will be depleted. Disaster will be right beside them.
13His body parts will be eaten away. The ultimate death will consume his limbs.
14He will be torn from the safety of his home. He will be brought before the king of terrors.
15Strangers will live in his tent. Sulfur will be scattered over his home.
16His roots will dry up below. His branches above will be cut off.
17People will forget him completely. No one will remember his name in public.
18He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
19He will have no son or grandson among his people, nor any family left where he lived.
20Those who come after will be shocked by his fate, just as those who lived before were terrified.
21Indeed, such are the homes of the wicked. This is the place for anyone who does not know God.”