1. Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
2. “When will you stop these speeches?Be sensible, and then we can talk.
3. You think of us as cattle,as if we are stupid.
4. You tear yourself to pieces in your anger.Should the earth be vacant just for you?Should the rocks move from their places?
5. “The lamp of the wicked will be put out,and the flame in their lamps will stop burning.
6. The light in their tents will grow dark,and the lamps by their sides will go out.
7. Their strong steps will grow weak;they will fall into their own evil traps.
8. Their feet will be caught in a netwhen they walk into its web.
9. A trap will catch them by the heeland hold them tight.
10. A trap for them is hidden on the ground,right in their path.
11. Terrible things startle them from every sideand chase them at every step.
12. Hunger takes away their strength,and disaster is at their side.
13. Disease eats away parts of their skin;death gnaws at their arms and legs.