The Book of Job 18 |
The Douay-Rheims Version Online Bible (DRV) |
Job 18:1 | Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said: |
Job 18:2 | How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak. |
Job 18:3 | Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you? |
Job 18:4 | Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place? |
Job 18:5 | Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine? |
Job 18:6 | The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out. |
Job 18:7 | The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong. |
Job 18:8 | For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes. |
Job 18:9 | The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him. |
Job 18:10 | A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path. |
Job 18:11 | Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet. |
Job 18:12 | Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs. |
Job 18:13 | Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms. |
Job 18:14 | Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king. |
Job 18:15 | Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent. |
Job 18:16 | Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above. |
Job 18:17 | Let the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets. |
Job 18:18 | He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world. |
Job 18:19 | His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country. |
Job 18:20 | They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before. |
Job 18:21 | These men are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God. |