| 1 | Then Bildad the Shuhite answered, |
| 2 | 'How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak. |
| 3 | Why are we counted as animals, Which have become unclean in your sight? |
| 4 | You who tear yourself in your anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place? |
| 5 | 'Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine. |
| 6 | The light shall be dark in his tent, His lamp above him shall be put out. |
| 7 | The steps of his strength shall be shortened, His own counsel shall cast him down. |
| 8 | For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he wanders into its mesh. |
| 9 | A snare shall take him by the heel; A trap shall lay hold on him. |
| 10 | A noose is hidden for him in the ground, A trap for him in the way. |
| 11 | Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels. |
| 12 | His strength shall be famished, Calamity shall be ready at his side. |
| 13 | The members of his body shall be devoured, The firstborn of death shall devour his members. |
| 14 | He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors. |
| 15 | There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation. |
| 16 | His roots shall be dried up beneath, Above shall his branch be cut off. |
| 17 | His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street. |
| 18 | He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world. |
| 19 | He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned. |
| 20 | Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, As those who went before were frightened. |
| 21 | Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, This is the place of him who doesn't know God.' |