{"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/dbt/job/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-27T02:00:12.558Z"},"reference":{"translation":"DBT","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":18,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":17,"nextChapter":19,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over 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 sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;"},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"The gin taketh him by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;"},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way."},{"verseNumber":11,"text":"Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps."},{"verseNumber":12,"text":"His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:"},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered 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 on the pasture-grounds."},{"verseNumber":18,"text":"He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world."},{"verseNumber":19,"text":"He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before them were affrighted."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God."}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 18 (DBT)","markdown":"[Job 18](https://primebible.com/dbt/job/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* DBT. https://primebible.com/dbt/job/18 (accessed 2026-05-27)."}}