1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

2 How long will ye hunt for words?

Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts,

And are become unclean in your sight?

4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger,

Shall the earth be forsaken for thee?

Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out,

And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

6 The light shall be dark in his tent,

And his lamp above him shall be put out.

7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened,

And his own counsel shall cast him down.

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet,

And he walketh upon the toils.

9 A gin shall take him by the heel,

And a snare shall lay hold on him.

10 A noose is hid for him in the ground,

And 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 hunger-bitten,

And calamity shall be ready at his side.

13 The members of his body shall be devoured,

Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.

14 He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth;

And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his:

Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

16 His roots shall be dried up beneath,

And above shall his branch be cut off.

17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth,

And 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 son’s son among his people,

Nor any remaining where he sojourned.

20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day,

As they that went before were affrighted.

21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous,

And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

1 Y RESPONDIO Bildad Suhita, y dijo:

2 ¿Cuándo pondréis fin á las palabras? Entended, y después hablemos.

3 ¿Por qué somos tenidos por bestias, Y en vuestros ojos somos viles?

4 Oh tú, que despedazas tu alma con tu furor, ¿Será dejada la tierra por tu causa, Y serán traspasadas de su lugar las peñas?

5 Ciertamente la luz de los impíos será apagada, Y no resplandecerá la centella de su fuego.

6 La luz se oscurecerá en su tienda, Y apagaráse sobre él su lámpara.

7 Los pasos de su pujanza serán acortados, Y precipitarálo su mismo consejo.

8 Porque red será echada en sus pies, Y sobre red andará.

9 Lazo prenderá su calcañar: Afirmaráse la trampa contra él.

10 Su cuerda está escondida en la tierra, Y su torzuelo sobre la senda.

11 De todas partes lo asombrarán temores, Y haránle huir desconcertado.

12 Su fuerza será hambrienta, Y á su lado estará aparejado quebrantamiento.

13 El primogénito de la muerte comerá los ramos de su piel, Y devorará sus miembros.

14 Su confianza será arrancada de su tienda, Y harále esto llevar al rey de los espantos.

15 En su tienda morará como si no fuese suya: Piedra azufre será esparcida sobre su morada.

16 Abajo se secarán sus raíces, Y arriba serán cortadas sus ramas.

17 Su memoria perecerá de la tierra, Y no tendrá nombre por las calles.

18 De la luz será lanzado á las tinieblas, Y echado fuera del mundo.

19 No tendrá hijo ni nieto en su pueblo, Ni quien le suceda en sus moradas.

20 Sobre su día se espantarán los por venir, Como ocupó el pavor á los que fueron antes.

21 Ciertamente tales son las moradas del impío, Y este será el lugar del que no conoció á Dios.