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World English Bible

Job 18 (WEBP)

[1] Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,
[2] “How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
[3] Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?
[4] You who tear yourself in your anger, will the earth be forsaken for you? Or will the rock be removed out of its place?
[5] “Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.
[6] The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.
[7] The steps of his strength will be shortened. His own counsel will cast him down.
[8] For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.
[9] A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.
[10] A noose is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him on the path.
[11] Terrors will make him afraid on every side, and will chase him at his heels.
[12] His strength will be famished. Calamity will be ready at his side.
[13] The members of his body will be devoured. The firstborn of death will devour his members.
[14] He will be rooted out of the security of his tent. He will be brought to the king of terrors.
[15] There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.
[16] His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.
[17] His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.
[18] He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
[19] He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.
[20] Those who come after will be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
[21] Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”

Scripture quotations are taken from The World English Bible™ of eBible.org, 2020 stable text edition. It is in the public domain.

King James w/Strong’s #s

Job 18 (KJVS)

[1] Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
[2] How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? Mark, and afterwards we will speak.
[3] Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And reputed vile in your sight?
[4] He teareth himself in his anger: Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? And shall the rock be removed out of his 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 tabernacle, And his candle shall be put out with him.
[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 a snare.
[9] The gin shall take him by the heel, And the robber shall prevail against him.
[10] The snare is laid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
[11] Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall drive him to his feet.
[12] His strength shall be hungerbitten, And destruction shall be ready at his side.
[13] It shall devour the strength of his skin: Even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
[14] His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, And it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
[15] It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it 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 neither have son nor nephew among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
[20] They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
[21] Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.

Job 18:4 Heb. his soul
Job 18:6 Or, lamp
Job 18:10 Heb. hidden
Job 18:11 Heb. scatter him
Job 18:13 Heb. bars
Job 18:18 Heb. they shall drive him
Job 18:20 Or, lived with him

Scripture quotations from The Authorized King James Version of the Holy Bible, using the standardized text of 1769. It is in the public domain.

Greek Bible (LXX/BYZ)

Job 18 (BYZ)

[1] Ὑπολαβὼν () δὲ () Βαλδαδ ὁ () Σαυχίτης λέγει ()
[2] Μέχρι () τίνος () οὐ () παύσῃ; () Ἐπίσχες, () ἵνα () καὶ () αὐτοὶ () λαλήσωμεν. ()
[3] Διὰ () τί () ὥσπερ () τετράποδα () σεσιωπήκαμεν () ἐναντίον () σου; ()
[4] Κέχρηταί () σοι () ὀργή. () Τί () γάρ; () Ἐὰν () σὺ () ἀποθάνῃς, () ἀοίκητος ἡ () ὑπ’ () οὐρανόν; () Ἢ () καταστραφήσεται () ὄρη () ἐκ () θεμελίων; ()
[5] Καὶ () φῶς () ἀσεβῶν () σβεσθήσεται, () καὶ () οὐκ () ἀποβήσεται () αὐτῶν () ἡ () φλόξ· ()
[6] τὸ () φῶς () αὐτοῦ () σκότος () ἐν () διαίτῃ, ὁ () δὲ () λύχνος () ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ () σβεσθήσεται. ()
[7] Θηρεύσαισαν () ἐλάχιστοι () τὰ () ὑπάρχοντα () αὐτοῦ, () σφάλαι δὲ () αὐτοῦ () ἡ () βουλή. ()
[8] Ἐμβέβληται () δὲ () ὁ () ποὺς () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () παγίδι· () ἐν () δικτύῳ () ἑλιχθείη.
[9] Ἔλθοισαν () δὲ () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () παγίδες· () κατισχύσει () ἐπ’ () αὐτὸν () διψῶντας. ()
[10] Κέκρυπται () ἐν () τῇ () γῇ () σχοινίον () αὐτοῦ () καὶ () ἡ () σύλλημψις αὐτοῦ () ἐπὶ () τρίβων. ()
[11] Κύκλῳ () ὀλέσαισαν αὐτὸν () ὀδύναι, () πολλοὶ () δὲ () περὶ () πόδας () αὐτοῦ () ἔλθοισαν () ἐν () λιμῷ () στενῷ. ()
[12] Πτῶμα () δὲ () αὐτῷ () ἡτοίμασται () ἐξαίσιον.
[13] Βρωθείησαν () αὐτοῦ () κλῶνες ποδῶν, () κατέδεται () δὲ () τὰ () ὡραῖα () αὐτοῦ () θάνατος. ()
[14] Ἐκραγείη δὲ () ἐκ () διαίτης αὐτοῦ () ἴασις, () σχοίη () δὲ () αὐτὸν () ἀνάγκη () αἰτίᾳ () βασιλικῇ. ()
[15] Κατασκηνώσει () ἐν () τῇ () σκηνῇ () αὐτοῦ () ἐν () νυκτὶ () αὐτοῦ, () κατασπαρήσονται τὰ () εὐπρεπῆ αὐτοῦ () θείῳ. ()
[16] Ὑποκάτωθεν αἱ () ῥίζαι () αὐτοῦ () ξηρανθήσονται, () καὶ () ἐπάνωθεν ἐπιπεσεῖται () θερισμὸς () αὐτοῦ. ()
[17] Τὸ () μνημόσυνον () αὐτοῦ () ἀπόλοιτο () ἐκ () γῆς, () καὶ () ὑπάρχει () ὄνομα () αὐτῷ () ἐπὶ () πρόσωπον () ἐξωτέρω. ()
[18] Ἀπώσειεν () αὐτὸν () ἐκ () φωτὸς () εἰς () σκότος. ()
[19] Οὐκ () ἔσται () ἐπίγνωστος ἐν () λαῷ () αὐτοῦ, () οὐδὲ () σεσῳσμένος () ἐν () τῇ () ὑπ’ () οὐρανὸν () ὁ () οἶκος () αὐτοῦ, () ἀλλ’ () ἐν () τοῖς () αὐτοῦ () ζήσονται () ἕτεροι. ()
[20] Ἐπ’ () αὐτῷ () ἐστέναξαν () ἔσχατοι, () πρώτους () δὲ () ἔσχεν () θαῦμα. ()
[21] Οὗτοί () εἰσιν () οἶκοι () ἀδίκων, () οὗτος () δὲ () ὁ () τόπος () τῶν () μὴ () εἰδότων τὸν () κύριον. ()

Old Testament scripture quotations and versification from Septuaginta, edited by Alfred Rahlfs (Stuttgart: Württembergische Bibelanstalt, 1935). New Testament quotations are from the Byzantine Text (Guardian Press, LLC, Robinson-Pierpont Byzantine Textform, 2026). Both are in the public domain.