Thematic Bible
Job 18:1 (show verse)
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
Job 18:2 (show verse)
“How long will you hunt for words and continue these speeches?
Do some clear thinking and show understanding and then we can talk.
No Themes for this verse.
Job 18:3 (show verse)
“Why are we regarded as beasts,
As if [we are] stupid (senseless) in your eyes?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 18:4 (show verse)
“You who tear yourself apart in anger,
Is the earth to be abandoned for your sake,
Or the rock to be moved out of its place?
No Themes for this verse.
Job 18:5 (show verse)
“Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out,
And the flame of his fire will not shine.
Job 18:6 (show verse)
“The light will be dark in his tent,
And his lamp beside him will be put out.
Job 18:7 (show verse)
“The vigorous stride will be shortened,
And his own counsel and the scheme [in which he trusted] will bring his downfall.
Job 18:8 (show verse)
“For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness),
And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit].
Job 18:9 (show verse)
“A snare catches him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.
Job 18:10 (show verse)
“A noose is hidden for him on the ground,
And a trap for him on the path.
Job 18:11 (show verse)
“Terrors frighten him on every side
And chase at his heels.
Job 18:12 (show verse)
“The strength [of the wicked] is famished and weakened,
And disaster is ready at his side [if he stops].
Job 18:13 (show verse)
“His skin is devoured by disease;
The firstborn of death [the worst of diseases] consumes his limbs.
Job 18:14 (show verse)
“He is torn from his tent which he trusted [for safety],
And he is marched and brought to the king of terrors (death).
Job 18:15 (show verse)
“Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it].
Job 18:16 (show verse)
“The roots [of the wicked] are dried up below,
And above, his branch is cut off and withers.
Job 18:17 (show verse)
“Memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name on the street.
Job 18:18 (show verse)
“He is driven and propelled from light into darkness,
And chased from the inhabited world.
Job 18:19 (show verse)
“He has no offspring or prosperity among his people,
Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
Job 18:20 (show verse)
“Those in the west are astonished and appalled at his fate,
And those in the east are seized with horror.
Job 18:21 (show verse)
“Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked and the ungodly,
And such is the place of him who does not know or recognize or honor God.”