Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
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Job 18
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How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.
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Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
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He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
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Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
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The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
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The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
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For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.
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The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.
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The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.
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Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.
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His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.
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It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
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His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
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It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
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His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
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His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
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He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
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He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
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They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
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Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
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Job 18 Study & Commentary
Job 18 is Bildad’s second speech. He is offended by Job’s words and delivers a terrifying description of the "terrors" that await the wicked, including the "king of terrors" (death).
CONTEMPORARY APPLICATIONS
1. The King of Terrors: Bildad calls death the "king of terrors" (v. 14). For those without God, death is the ultimate fear; for the believer, that sting has been removed by Christ.2. The Snare of the Wicked: He describes sin as a trap that catches the sinner by the heel (v. 8-10). Sin has a mechanical consequence; it always leads to a loss of freedom.
3. A Legacy of Darkness: Bildad claims the wicked will have no name or remnant (v. 17-19). We should live for an eternal legacy that cannot be erased by time.
