Job 18
1 Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
| וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשֻּׁחִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 “How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
| עַד־אָנָה ׀ תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּֽר׃ |
3 Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
| מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ |
4 You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
| טֹֽרֵף נַפְשׁוֹ בְּאַפּוֹ הַלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃ |
5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
| גַּם אוֹר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹֽא־יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשּֽׁוֹ׃ |
6 The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
| אוֹר חָשַׁךְ בְּאָהֳלוֹ וְנֵרוֹ עָלָיו יִדְעָֽךְ׃ |
7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
| יֵֽצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אוֹנוֹ וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתֽוֹ׃ |
8 For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
| כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַל־שְׂבָכָה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ |
9 A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
| יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פָּח יַחֲזֵק עָלָיו צַמִּֽים׃ |
10 A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
| טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלוֹ וּמַלְכֻּדְתּוֹ עֲלֵי נָתִֽיב׃ |
11 Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
| סָבִיב בִּֽעֲתֻהוּ בַלָּהוֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃ |
12 His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
| יְהִי־רָעֵב אֹנוֹ וְאֵיד נָכוֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃ |
13 It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
| יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עוֹרוֹ יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכוֹר מָֽוֶת׃ |
14 He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
| יִנָּתֵק מֵאָהֳלוֹ מִבְטַחוֹ וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ |
15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
| תִּשְׁכּוֹן בְּאָהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִי־לוֹ יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גָפְרִֽית׃ |
16 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
| מִתַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירֽוֹ׃ |
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
| זִֽכְרוֹ־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לוֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חֽוּץ׃ |
18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
| יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֹר אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃ |
19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
| לֹא נִין לוֹ וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמּוֹ וְאֵין שָׂרִיד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃ |
20 Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
| עַל־יוֹמוֹ נָשַׁמּוּ אַחֲרֹנִים וְקַדְמֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃ |
21 Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
| אַךְ־אֵלֶּה מִשְׁכְּנוֹת עַוָּל וְזֶה מְקוֹם לֹא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃ |
