{"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/asv/job/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T17:29:25.112Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ASV","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 ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Wherefore are we counted as beasts, And are become unclean in your sight?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Yea, 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 tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out."},{"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 walketh upon the toils."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"A gin shall take him by the heel, And a snare shall lay hold on him."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"A noose is hid 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 chase him at his heels."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea , the first-born of death shall devour his members."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon 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 have neither son nor son's son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 18 (ASV)","markdown":"[Job 18](https://primebible.com/asv/job/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ASV. https://primebible.com/asv/job/18 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}