1 ¶ Then Bildad the Shuhite responded, saying,

2 How long will it be before you stop talking? show some sense, and then we will talk.

3 Why do you regard us as beasts, and look on us as stupid?

4 Why do you tear your soul in anger: shall the earth lose its population because of you? or shall the mountain be removed from its place?

5 ¶ It is the light of the wicked that will be put out, and the light of his fire that ceases to shine.

6 The light will be dark in his dwelling, and the lamp beside him will be put out.

7 His walk of power will be shortened, and his own devices will trip him up.

8 For his own feet lead him into a net, and he walks into a trap.

9 The snare will take him by the heel, and the robber will prevail against him.

10 The noose lies hidden for him on the ground, and a trap for him along the road.

11 ¶ Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will harass his every step.

12 His strength will be undermined by hunger, and destruction is waiting at his side.

13 It will devour his strength and skin: the worst of diseases will consume his limbs.

14 He is dragged from the security of his house, and brought before the king of terrors.

15 Nothing he owns will remain in his house: sulfur will be scattered upon his habitation.

16 His roots will be dried up beneath, and above his branch will be cut off.

17 His memory will vanish from the earth, and none in the street will know his name.

18 He shall be thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.

19 He will have neither son or grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.

20 Those in the west are astonished at his fate, and those in the east are terrified.

21 Surely that is where the wicked lodge, and that is the end of those who do not know God.