Job 18
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuchite, and said,
| ויען בלדד השחי ויאמר׃ |
2 When will ye at length put an end to words? Come to an understanding, and afterward let us speak.
| עד אנה תשימון קנצי למלין תבינו ואחר נדבר׃ |
3 For what cause are we counted as beasts, reputed stupid your eyes?
| מדוע נחשבנו כבהמה נטמינו בעיניכם׃ |
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?
| טרף נפשו באפו הלמענך תעזב ארץ ויעתק צור ממקמו׃ |
5 Ah, truly the light of the wicked will be quenched, and the spark of his fire shall not give light.
| גם אור רשעים ידעך ולא יגה שביב אשו׃ |
6 The light becometh dark in his tent, and his lamp will be quenched above him.
| אור חשך באהלו ונרו עליו ידעך׃ |
7 His powerful steps will be narrowed, and his own counsel will cast him down.
| יצרו צעדי אונו ותשליכהו עצתו׃ |
8 For he is driven into the net by his own feet, and he taketh his walk upon a snare.
| כי שלח ברשת ברגליו ועל שבכה יתהלך׃ |
9 The trap will seize him by the heel, and the robber will prevail over him.
| יאחז בעקב פח יחזק עליו צמים׃ |
10 The cord is hidden for him in the ground, and a trap is set for him on the pathway.
| טמון בארץ חבלו ומלכדתו עלי נתיב׃ |
11 All around do terrors scare him, and chase him as he walketh along.
| סביב בעתהו בלהות והפיצהו לרגליו׃ |
12 His first-born will suffer hunger, and calamity will be ready for his wife.
| יהי רעב אנו ואיד נכון לצלעו׃ |
13 It will devour the limbs of his body: yea, the first-born of death will devour his limbs.
| יאכל בדי עורו יאכל בדיו בכור מות׃ |
14 Then will be plucked up out of his tent his confidence, and [the evil] will urge him forward to the king of terrors.
| ינתק מאהלו מבטחו ותצעדהו למלך בלהות׃ |
15 It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.
| תשכון באהלו מבלי לו יזרה על נוהו גפרית׃ |
16 Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away.
| מתחת שרשיו יבשו וממעל ימל קצירו׃ |
17 His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets.
| זכרו אבד מני ארץ ולא שם לו על פני חוץ׃ |
18 Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.
| יהדפהו מאור אל חשך ומתבל ינדהו׃ |
19 He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning.
| לא נין לו ולא נכד בעמו ואין שריד במגוריו׃ |
20 Because of his [calamitous] day are they that come after him astonished, and they that went before are seized with shuddering.
| על יומו נשמו אחרנים וקדמנים אחזו שער׃ |
21 Yea, such are the dwellings of the unjust, and this is the place of one that knew not God.
| אך אלה משכנות עול וזה מקום לא ידע אל׃ |
