1Nu gik Bildad igen i rette med Job:2„Hold nu op med al din snak, Job! Kom til fornuft, så vi kan tale sammen.3Hvad regner du os egentlig for? En flok dumme, umælende får?4Du opnår intet ved at pine og plage dig selv. Verden går videre, uanset hvad du gør.5Synd fører nu engang til straf, og de ondes livslys slukkes.6Mørket indhyller deres bolig, og de får et ulykkelig endeligt.7Deres faste skridt bliver usikre, de snubler over deres egne ben.8Deres fødder fører dem til fald, de er ude på gyngende grund.9De går lige i fælden og sidder fast i saksen, får en løkke om foden og kan ikke komme fri.10En skjult snor er spændt ud over vejen, et reb ligger parat som en løkke.11Rædselen kommer imod dem fra alle sider, angsten er lige i hælene på dem.12Deres livskraft udtæres, undergangen ligger på lur efter dem,13sygdom æder dem langsomt op, døden har lagt sin klamme hånd på dem.14De trækkes ud af deres trygge bolig og føres frem til den frygtelige død.15Ild og svovl regner ned over dem, deres ejendom bliver omdannet til aske.16De er som et træ med udtørrede rødder, hvor alle grenene er ved at visne.17Ingen mindes dem, når de er borte, deres navne går hurtigt i glemmebogen.18De udslettes fra jordens overflade, skubbes fra lyset ind i mørket.19De efterlader sig ingen arvinger, deres slægt uddør med dem.20Alle, som hører om deres ulykke, gribes af gru og forfærdelse.21Ja, sådan går det onde mennesker, dem, der ikke har ærefrygt for Gud.”
1Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said: (Job 2,11; Job 8,1)2“How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and then we will speak. (Matt 22,15; Mark 12,13; Luk 20,20)3Why are we counted as cattle? Why are we stupid in your sight? (Salm 73,22)4You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you, or the rock be removed out of its place? (Job 14,18; Job 16,9)5“Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine. (Job 21,17; Salm 18,28; Ord 13,9; Ord 20,20; Ord 24,20)6The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out. (Job 10,22)7His strong steps are shortened, and his own schemes throw him down. (Job 5,13)8For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on its mesh.9A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare lays hold of him. (Salm 140,5)10A rope is hidden for him in the ground, a trap for him in the path.11Terrors frighten him on every side, and chase him at his heels. (Job 15,21; Job 20,25; Job 27,20; Job 30,15; Jer 6,25; Jer 46,5; Jer 49,29)12His strength is famished, and calamity is ready for his stumbling. (Salm 38,17)13It consumes the parts of his skin; the firstborn of death consumes his limbs. (Es 14,30)14He is torn from the tent in which he trusted and is brought to the king of terrors. (Åb 9,11)15In his tent dwells that which is none of his; sulfur is scattered over his habitation. (Salm 11,6; Ez 38,22)16His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above. (Job 14,2; Job 29,19; Hos 9,16)17His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. (Salm 34,16; Salm 109,13; Salm 109,15; Ord 10,7)18He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world. (Job 10,21)19He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live. (Es 14,22)20They of the west are appalled at his day, and horror seizes them of the east. (1.Sam 26,10; Job 21,6; Salm 37,13; Jer 50,27; Ez 21,25; Ez 21,29; Ob 1,12)21Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, such is the place of him who knows not God.” (Dom 2,10; Jer 9,3; Jer 10,25; 1.Thess 4,8; 2.Thess 1,8)