Job 18

KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 18 of 42

1 ¶ And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:

2 Until when will you put an end to words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

3 Why are we counted as beasts? Are we stupid in your eyes?

4 One tearing his soul in his anger, shall the earth be forsaken for your sake? Or shall the rock move from its place?

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Chapter Summary

1 Bildad reproves Job of presumption and impatience. 5 The calamities of the wicked.

Key Hebrew Words

רָשָׁע wicked one H7563 · TWOT 2222b
בַּלָּהָה terror H1091 · TWOT 247a
נֵר lamp H5216 · TWOT 1333a
רֶשֶׁת net H7568 · TWOT 920c
חֹשֶׁךְ darkness H2822 · TWOT 769a
גׇּפְרִית brimstone H1614 · TWOT 375

People & Context

Bildad the Shuhite

Job's friend who answers him, reproving his words and describing the doom and snares awaiting the wicked.

Job

Sufferer of Uz; addressed by Bildad as one who tears himself in anger and presumes the earth should bend for him.

Timeline

Bildad's Second Speech: Rebuking Job's Anger

Bildad angrily asks Job when he will stop talking and why he treats his friends like stupid beasts. He questions whether the earth should be forsaken just to accommodate Job's rage.

Job 18:1-4
Bildad Details the Terrors of the Wicked

Bildad insists the light of the wicked will be extinguished. He describes in detail how the wicked walk into nets and snares, are consumed by the first-born of death, and leave no memory or offspring.

Job 18:5-21

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