{"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/erv/job/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-05-30T21:48:51.706Z"},"reference":{"translation":"ERV","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 lay snares 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 for his halting."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"It shall devour the members of his body, yea, the firstborn of death shall devour his members."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein 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 astonied 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 (ERV)","markdown":"[Job 18](https://primebible.com/erv/job/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* ERV. https://primebible.com/erv/job/18 (accessed 2026-05-30)."}}