Thematic Bible

Job 18:1

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Job 18:2

How long until you stop talking?
Show some sense, and then we can talk.
No Themes for this verse.

Job 18:3

Why are we regarded as cattle,
as stupid in your sight?
No Themes for this verse.

Job 18:4

You who tear yourself in anger
should the earth be abandoned on your account,
or a rock be removed from its place?
No Themes for this verse.

Job 18:5

Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;
the flame of his fire does not glow.

Job 18:6

The light in his tent grows dark,
and the lamp beside him is put out.

Job 18:7

His powerful stride is shortened,
and his own schemes trip him up.

Job 18:8

For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he strays into its mesh.

Job 18:9

A trap catches him by the heel;
a noose seizes him.

Job 18:10

A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,
and a snare waits for him along the path.

Job 18:11

Terrors frighten him on every side
and harass him at every step.

Job 18:12

His strength is depleted;
disaster lies ready for him to stumble.

Job 18:13

Parts of his skin are eaten away;
death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.

Job 18:14

He is ripped from the security of his tent
and marched away to the king of terrors.

Job 18:15

Nothing he owned remains in his tent.
Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.

Job 18:16

His roots below dry up,
and his branches above wither away.

Job 18:17

All memory of him perishes from the earth;
he has no name anywhere.

Job 18:18

He is driven from light to darkness
and chased from the inhabited world.

Job 18:19

He has no children or descendants among his people,
no survivor where he used to live.

Job 18:20

Those in the west are appalled at his fate,
while those in the east tremble in horror.

Job 18:21

Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man,
and this is the place of the one who does not know God.