1 Thenach. 2:11; 8:1 Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 “How long will youb[Matt. 22:15; Mark 12:13; Luke 20:20] hunt for words?
Consider, and then we will speak.
3 Why are we counted ascPs. 73:22 cattle?
Why are we stupid in your sight?
4 You whodch. 16:9 tear yourself in your anger,
shall the earth be forsaken for you,
orech. 14:18 the rock be removed out of its place?
5 Indeed,fch. 21:17; Prov. 13:9; 20:20; 24:20; See Ps. 18:28 the light of the wicked is put out,
and the flame of his fire does not shine.
6 The light isgch. 10:22 dark in his tent,
and his lamp above him is put out.
7 His strong steps are shortened,
and hish[ch. 5:13] own schemes throw him down.
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
and he walks on its mesh.
9 iPs. 140:5 A trap seizes him by the heel;
a snare lays hold of him.
10 A rope is hidden for him in the ground,
a trap for him in the path.
11 jch. 15:21; 20:25; 27:20; 30:15; Jer. 6:25; 46:5; 49:29 Terrors frighten him on every side,
and chase him at his heels.
12 His strength is famished,
and calamity iskPs. 38:17 ready for his stumbling.
13 It consumes the parts of his skin;
lIsa. 14:30 the firstborn of death consumes his limbs.
14 He is torn from the tent in which he trusted
and is brought tom[Rev. 9:11] the king of terrors.
15 In his tent dwells that which is none of his;
nSee Ps. 11:6; Ezek. 38:22 sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
16 Hisoch. 29:19; Hos. 9:16 roots dry up beneath,
and his branchespch. 14:2 wither above.
17 HisqPs. 34:16; Prov. 10:7; [Ps. 109:13, 15] memory perishes from the earth,
and he has no name in the street.
18 rch. 10:21, 22 He is thrust from light into darkness,
and driven out of the world.
19 He has nosIsa. 14:22 posterity or progeny among his people,
and no survivor where he used to live.
20 They of the west are appalled at histPs. 37:13; Jer. 50:27; Ezek. 21:25, 29; Obad. 12; [1 Sam. 26:10] day,
andu[ch. 21:6] horror seizes them of the east.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous,
such is the place of him whovJudg. 2:10; Jer. 9:3; 10:25; 1 Thess. 4:8; 2 Thess. 1:8 knows not God. ”