1. Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2. How long until you stop talking?Show some sense, and then we can talk.
3. Why are we regarded as cattle,as stupid in your sight?
4. You who tear yourself in anger —should the earth be abandoned on your account,or a rock be removed from its place?
5. Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;the flame of his fire does not glow.
6. The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him is put out.
7. His powerful stride is shortened,and his own schemes trip him up.
8. For his own feet lead him into a net,and he strays into its mesh.
9. A trap catches him by the heel;a noose seizes him.
10. A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,and a snare waits for him along the path.