1. Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2. “When will you end these speeches? Be sensible, and then we can talk.
3. Why are we regarded as cattle and considered stupid in your sight?
4. You who tear yourself to pieces in your anger, is the earth to be abandoned for your sake? Or must the rocks be moved from their place?
5. “The lamp of a wicked man is snuffed out; the flame of his fire stops burning.
6. The light in his tent becomes dark; the lamp beside him goes out.
7. The vigor of his step is weakened; his own schemes throw him down.
8. His feet thrust him into a net; he wanders into its mesh.
9. A trap seizes him by the heel; a snare holds him fast.
10. A noose is hidden for him on the ground; a trap lies in his path.