1. Then Bildad the Shuhite answered:
2. “How long until you make an end of words?You must consider, and then we can talk.
3. Why should we be regarded as beasts,and considered stupid in your sight?
4. You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger,will the earth be abandoned for your sake?Or will a rock be moved from its place?
5. “Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished;his flame of fire does not shine.
6. The light in his tent grows dark;his lamp above him is extinguished.
7. His vigorous steps are restricted,and his own counsel throws him down.
8. For he has been thrown into a net by his feetand he wanders into a mesh.
9. A trap seizes him by the heel;a snare grips him.
10. A rope is hidden for him on the groundand a trap for him lies on the path.
11. Terrors frighten him on all sidesand dog his every step.
12. Calamity is hungry for him,and misfortune is ready at his side.
13. It eats away parts of his skin;the most terrible death devours his limbs.
14. He is dragged from the security of his tent,and marched off to the king of terrors.