Douay Bible - Job Chapter 18

Job 18:1
Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:

Job 18:2
How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.

Job 18:3
Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?

Job 18:4
Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?

Job 18:5
Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?

Job 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.

Job 18:7
The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.

Job 18:8
For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.

Job 18:9
The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.

Job 18:10
A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.

Job 18:11
Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.

Job 18:12
Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.

Job 18:13
Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.

Job 18:14
Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.

Job 18:15
Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.

Job 18:16
Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.

Job 18:17
Let the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets.

Job 18:18
He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.

Job 18:19
His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.

Job 18:20
They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before.

Job 18:21
These men are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.

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