Capítulo 18

1 - Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

2 - "When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.

3 - Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?

4 - You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?

5 - "The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.

6 - The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.

7 - The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down.

8 - His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.

9 - A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.

10 - A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.

11 - Terrors startle him on every side and dog his every step.

12 - Calamity is hungry for him; disaster is ready for him when he falls.

13 - It eats away parts of his skin; death's firstborn devours his limbs.

14 - He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.

15 - Fire resides Or [Nothing he had remains] in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.

16 - His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.

17 - The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land.

18 - He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.

19 - He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.

20 - People of the west are appalled at his fate; those of the east are seized with horror.

21 - Surely such is the dwelling of an evil man; such is the place of one who does not know God."