{"meta":{"source":"Prime Bible","sourceUrl":"https://primebible.com","license":"Public domain (translation text); see citation policy at /citation-policy","organization":"501(c)(3) nonprofit — EIN 41-2531951","canonicalUrl":"https://primebible.com/akjv/job/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T10:46:38.808Z"},"reference":{"translation":"AKJV","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":18,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":17,"nextChapter":19,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"How long will it be ere you make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Why are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"He tears himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for you? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a snare."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"His strength shall be extremely hungry, and destruction shall be ready at his side."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered on his habitation."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before were affrighted."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knows not God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 18 (AKJV)","markdown":"[Job 18](https://primebible.com/akjv/job/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* AKJV. https://primebible.com/akjv/job/18 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}