1Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight? 4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?18.4 himself: Heb. his soul
5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. 6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.18.6 candle: or, lamp 7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. 8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare. 9The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him. 10The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.18.10 laid: Heb. hidden
11Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.18.11 drive: Heb. scatter 12His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. 13It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.18.13 strength: Heb. bars 14His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off. 17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. 18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.18.18 He…: Heb. They shall drive him 19He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings. 20They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.18.20 went…: or, lived with him18.20 were…: Heb. laid hold on horror 21Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
比勒達發言
1書亞人比勒達回答說：
2「你要狡辯到何時呢？
你先想清楚，然後我們再談。
3為何你把我們當作牲畜，
把我們視為蠢貨？
4你這氣得要撕碎自己的人，
大地會因你而荒涼嗎？
磐石會因你而挪移嗎？
5「惡人的光必熄滅。
他的火焰不再閃耀。
6他帳篷中一片黑暗，
他上面的燈光熄滅。
7惡人強勁的步伐變得蹣跚，
他必被自己的陰謀所害。
8他自陷網羅，
步入圈套。
9套索纏住他的腳跟，
網羅緊緊地罩住他。
10土裡埋著絆他的繩索，
路上有陷阱等待著他。
11恐懼四面籠罩著他，
步步緊追著他。
12他餓得氣力衰竭，
災禍隨時臨到他。
13疾病侵蝕他的皮肉，
死亡吞噬他的肢體。
14他被拖出安穩的帳篷，
被押到冥王18·14 「冥王」希伯來文是「恐怖之王」。那裡。
15他的帳篷燃燒著烈焰，
他的居所撒滿了硫磺。
16他下面的根莖枯乾，
上面的枝子枯萎。
17他從世上銷聲匿跡，
無人記得他的名字。
18他從光明中被趕入黑暗，
他被逐出這個世界。
19他在本族中無子無孫，
他所居之地無人生還。
20他的下場令西方的人震驚，
令東方的人戰慄。
21這就是不義之人的結局，
不認識上帝之人的下場。」
