Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: Job 2:11Job 8:1Job 25:1Job 42:7-9
“How long until you end these speeches? Job 13:5-6Pro 18:13Jas 1:19Job 11:2Job 16:2-3Job 21:2Job 3:17Job 3:5-6
Show some sense, and then we can talk.
Why are we regarded as cattle, Psa 73:22Job 17:10Job 17:4Ecc 3:18Job 12:7-8Rom 12:10
as stupid in your sight?
You who tear yourself in anger— Job 14:18Job 16:9Job 13:14Job 5:2Ezk 9:9Isa 54:10Job 40:8Jon 4:9
should the earth be forsaken on your account,
or the rocks be moved from their place?
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; Pro 13:9Pro 20:20Pro 24:20Job 21:17Isa 50:11Pro 4:19Job 20:5
the flame of his fire does not glow.
The light in his tent grows dark, Job 21:17Psa 18:28Rev 18:23
and the lamp beside him goes out.
His vigorous stride is shortened, Pro 4:12Psa 18:36Psa 33:101Co 3:192Sa 15:312Sa 17:14Hos 10:6Job 15:6
and his own schemes trip him up.
For his own feet lead him into a net, Psa 9:15Job 22:10Psa 35:81Ti 3:71Ti 6:92Ti 2:26Est 3:9Est 6:13
and he wanders into its mesh.
A trap seizes his heel; Isa 8:14-15Job 1:15Job 1:17Job 5:5
a snare grips him.
A noose is hidden in the ground, Ezk 12:13Psa 11:6Rom 11:9
and a trap lies in his path.
Terrors frighten him on every side Job 15:21Jer 6:25Jer 46:5Jer 49:29Job 20:25Lev 26:362Co 5:112Ki 7:6-7
and harass his every step.
His strength is depleted, 1Sa 2:361Sa 2:51Th 5:32Pe 2:3Isa 8:21Job 15:23-24Psa 109:10Psa 34:10
and calamity is ready at his side.
It devours patches of his skin; Gen 49:3Isa 14:30Job 17:16Jon 2:6Rev 6:8Zec 14:12
the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
He is torn from the shelter of his tent Pro 10:281Co 15:55-56Heb 2:15Job 11:20Job 24:17Job 41:34Job 8:14Job 8:22
and is marched off to the king of terrors.
Fire resides in his tent; Psa 11:6Deu 29:23Isa 34:9-10Gen 19:24Hab 2:6-11Jer 22:13Job 18:12-13Job 20:18-21
burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
The roots beneath him dry up, Hos 9:16Isa 5:24Amo 2:9Job 15:30Mal 4:1Job 29:19Job 5:3-4
and the branches above him wither away.
The memory of him perishes from the earth, Psa 34:16Pro 10:7Psa 109:13Pro 2:22Job 13:12Psa 83:4
and he has no name in the land.
He is driven from light into darkness Job 20:8Job 10:22Dan 4:33Dan 5:21Isa 17:13-14Isa 8:21-22Job 11:14Job 3:20
and is chased from the inhabited world.
He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Jer 22:30Isa 14:21-22Isa 5:8-9Job 1:19Job 20:26-28Job 27:14-15Job 42:13-16Job 8:4
no survivor where he once lived.
Those in the west are appalled at his fate, Psa 37:13Ezk 21:25Jer 50:271Ki 9:8Deu 29:23-24Jer 18:16Job 19:13-19Job 2:12-13
while those in the east tremble in horror.
Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked Jer 9:3Tit 1:161Th 4:52Th 1:8Jdg 2:10Jer 10:251Sa 2:12Exo 5:2
and the place of one who does not know God.”