Job 18 - Easy To Read Version

¹ Then Bildad from Shuah answered:

² “Job, when will you stop talking?\par Be quiet and listen.\par Let us say something.\par

³ Why do you think we are stupid\par like dumb cows?\par

⁴ Job, your anger is only hurting yourself.\par Should people leave the earth\par just for you?\par Do you think God will move mountains\par just to satisfy you?\par

⁵ “Yes, the evil person’s light will go out.\par His fire will stop burning.\par

⁶ The light in his house will become dark.\par The lamp next to him will go out.\par

⁷ His steps won’t be strong and fast again.\par But he will walk slowly and be weak.\par His own evil plans will make him fall.\par

⁸ His own feet will lead him into a trap.\par He will walk into a trap and be caught.\par

⁹ A trap will catch his heel.\par A trap will hold him tight.\par

¹⁰ A rope in the ground will trap him.\par A trap is waiting in his path.\par

¹¹ Terror is waiting for him all around.\par Fears will follow every step he takes.\par

¹² Bad troubles are hungry for him.\par Ruin and disaster are ready for him\par when he falls.\par

¹³ Terrible sickness will eat away his skin.\par It will rot his arms and legs.\par

¹⁴ The evil person will be taken away\par from the safety of his house.\par He will be led away to meet\par the king of terrors.\par

¹⁵ He will have nothing left in his house.\par Why? Burning sulfur will be scattered\par all through his home.\par

¹⁶ His roots below will dry up,\par and his branches above will die.\par

¹⁷ People on earth won’t remember him.\par No person remembers him anymore.\par

¹⁸ People will push him away from light\par into the darkness.\par They will chase him out of this world.\par

¹⁹ He will have no children or grandchildren.\par None of his family will be left alive.\par

²⁰ People in the west will be shocked\par when they hear what happened\par to the evil person.\par People in the east will be numb with fear.\par

²¹ That really will happen\par to the evil person’s home.\par This is what will happen to the person\par that does not care about God!”\par