| | 1 | Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: | |
| | 2 | "When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk. | |
| | 3 | Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight? | |
| | 4 | You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place? | |
| | 5 | "The lamp of the wicked is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning. | |
| | 6 | The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out. | |
| | 7 | The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down. | |
| | 8 | His feet thrust him into a net and he wanders into its mesh. | |
| | 9 | A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast. | |
| | 10 | A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path. | |
| | 11 | Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step. | |
| | 12 | Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls. | |
| | 13 | It eats away parts of his skin; death's firstborn devours his limbs. | |
| | 14 | He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. | |
| | 15 | Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. | |
| | 16 | His roots dry up below and his branches wither above. | |
| | 17 | The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. | |
| | 18 | He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. | |
| | 19 | He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived. | |
| | 20 | Men of the west are appalled at his fate; men of the east are seized with horror. | |
| | 21 | Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who knows not God." | |
