Job 18
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,
| וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשֻּׁחִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ |
2 When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.
| עַד־אָנָה ׀ תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּֽר׃ |
3 For what cause are we counted as beasts, reputed stupid your eyes?
| מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ |
4 Thou, the one that teareth himself to pieces in his anger— shall for thy sake the earth be forsaken, and the rock be moved away out of its place?
| טֹרֵף נַפְשׁוֹ בְּאַפּוֹ הַֽלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃ |
5 Ah, truly the light of the wicked will be quenched, and the spark of his fire shall not give light.
| גַּם אוֹר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹא־יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשּֽׁוֹ׃ |
6 The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.
| אוֹר חָשַׁךְ בְּאׇהֳלוֹ וְנֵרוֹ עָלָיו יִדְעָֽךְ׃ |
7 His powerful steps will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.
| יֵצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אוֹנוֹ וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתֽוֹ׃ |
8 For he is driven into the net by his own feet, and he taketh his walk upon a snare.
| כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַל־שְׂבָכָה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ |
9 The trap will seize him by the heel, and the robber will prevail over him.
| יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פָּח יַחֲזֵק עָלָיו צַמִּֽים׃ |
10 The cord is hidden for him in the ground, and a trap is set for him on the pathway.
| טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלוֹ וּמַלְכֻּדְתּוֹ עֲלֵי נָתִֽיב׃ |
11 All around do terrors scare him, and chase him as he walketh along.
| סָבִיב בִּעֲתֻהוּ בַלָּהוֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃ |
12 His first-born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.
| יְהִֽי־רָעֵב אֹנוֹ וְאֵיד נָכוֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃ |
13 It will devour the limbs of his body: yea, the first-born of death will devour his limbs.
| יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עוֹרוֹ יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכוֹר מָֽוֶת׃ |
14 Then will be plucked up out of his tent his confidence, and [the evil] will urge him forward to the king of terrors.
| יִנָּתֵק מֵאׇהֳלוֹ מִבְטַחוֹ וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ |
15 It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.
| תִּשְׁכּוֹן בְּאׇהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִילוֹ יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גׇפְרִֽית׃ |
16 Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away.
| מִתַּחַת שׇׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירֽוֹ׃ |
17 His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets.
| זִֽכְרוֹ־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לוֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חֽוּץ׃ |
18 Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.
| יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֹר אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃ |
19 He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning.
| לֹא נִין לוֹ וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמּוֹ וְאֵין שָׂרִיד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃ |
20 Because of his [calamitous] day are they that come after him astonished, and they that went before are seized with shuddering.
| עַל־יוֹמוֹ נָשַׁמּוּ אַחֲרֹנִים וְקַדְמֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃ |
21 Yea, such are the dwellings of the unjust, and this is the place of one that knew not God.
| אַךְ־אֵלֶּה מִשְׁכְּנוֹת עַוָּל וְזֶה מְקוֹם לֹֽא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃ |
