{"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/web/job/18","llmTxt":"https://primebible.com/llms.txt","generatedAt":"2026-06-10T03:09:36.932Z"},"reference":{"translation":"WEB","book":"Job","bookSlug":"job","chapter":18,"testament":"OLD"},"navigation":{"previousChapter":17,"nextChapter":19,"totalChapters":42,"totalVerses":21},"verses":[{"verseNumber":1,"text":"Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,"},{"verseNumber":2,"text":"|How long will you hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak."},{"verseNumber":3,"text":"Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?"},{"verseNumber":4,"text":"You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?"},{"verseNumber":5,"text":"|Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine."},{"verseNumber":6,"text":"The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out."},{"verseNumber":7,"text":"The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down."},{"verseNumber":8,"text":"For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh."},{"verseNumber":9,"text":"A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him."},{"verseNumber":10,"text":"A noose is hidden for him in the ground, 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 famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side."},{"verseNumber":13,"text":"The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his members."},{"verseNumber":14,"text":"He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusts. He shall be brought to the king of terrors."},{"verseNumber":15,"text":"There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation."},{"verseNumber":16,"text":"His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off."},{"verseNumber":17,"text":"His memory shall perish from the earth. 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 grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived."},{"verseNumber":20,"text":"Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened."},{"verseNumber":21,"text":"Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn't know God.|"}],"citation":{"inline":"Job 18 (WEB)","markdown":"[Job 18](https://primebible.com/web/job/18)","sbl":"Prime Bible. *The Bible.* WEB. https://primebible.com/web/job/18 (accessed 2026-06-10)."}}