Bildad jumps in to trash-talk Job
1Bildad from Shuah said:2Are we there yet?
Or are you going to talk forever?
Why don't you take a break
And give us a chance to talk?
3You seem to think we’re stupid,
As dumb as an ox.
4You're angry right now,
So angry that you might hurt yourself.
Would you feel better
if the human race could be wiped out,
or the mountains laid flat?
How to indirectly call Job wicked
5The wicked get their lights put out.Their lamps are snuffed.
6Their tents go dark.
There’s no one to light the lamps.
7Their fast-paced walking days are over.
They plotted, tripped, and fell.
8They dropped into a net,
Walking right into the trap.
9It caught them by the heel
And didn’t let them go.
10It was a noosed rope that hooked them.
They stepped right into it.
11They live in constant terror,
Knowing trouble can strike from any direction.
12Tragedy hungers for them.
Disaster waits for them.
One stumble is all it takes,
and they’re down.
The wicked have bad skin
13Skin disease devours them. [1]Death swallows up their first child.
14Arrested, they’re dragged out of the tents,
And hauled to the King of Terror. [2]
15Fire takes possession of their home,
As burning sulfur rains onto the tent top.
16Roots of the family tree dry and die.
Branches above wither and break.
17The family fades away,
As a memory lost to history.
In time,
No one remembers their names.
18They are deported—evicted from light,
Exiled to darkness beyond this world.
19They leave behind no child, no family, no relative at all.
Everyone living with them isn’t living anymore.
20Lands west are appalled by their story.
Lands east are horrified.
21This is the destiny of wicked people,
The fate of those who reject God.
