Summary
In chapter 18, Bildad the Shuhite responds to Job’s lament by condemning the wicked and describing their impending downfall. He proclaims that the wicked will lose their light, be trapped by snares, and face destruction. Bildad uses vivid imagery—snakes, traps, and brimstone—to illustrate how the wicked’s strength will fail and their house will be taken. He emphasizes that their confidence will be rooted out and they will be forgotten by the living. The chapter concludes with the assertion that the wicked’s dwellings are places of terror and that those who do not know God will ultimately be abandoned.