Job 18
1 and to answer Bildad [the] Shuhite and to say
Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:
2 till where? to set: make [emph?] snare to/for speech to understand and after to speak: speak
“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.
3 why? to devise: think like/as animal to defile in/on/with eye: seeing your
Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?
4 to tear soul: myself his in/on/with face: anger his because you to leave: forsake land: country/planet and to proceed rock from place his
You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
5 also light wicked to put out and not to shine flame fire his
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
6 light to darken in/on/with tent his and lamp his upon him to put out
The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
7 be distressed step strength his and to throw him counsel his
His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
8 for to send: depart in/on/with net in/on/with foot his and upon latticework to go: walk
For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
9 to grasp in/on/with heel snare to strengthen: hold upon him snare
A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.
10 to hide in/on/with land: soil cord his and snare his upon path
A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.
11 around: side to terrify him terror and to scatter him to/for foot his
Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.
12 to be hungry strength his and calamity to establish: prepare to/for stumbling his
His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.
13 to eat alone: pole skin his to eat alone: pole his firstborn death
It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14 to tear from tent his confidence his and to march him to/for king terror
He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
15 to dwell in/on/with tent his from without to/for him to scatter upon pasture his brimstone
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
16 from underneath: under root his to wither and from above to languish foliage his
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
17 memorial his to perish from land: country/planet and not name to/for him upon face: surface outside
The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
18 to thrust him from light to(wards) darkness and from world to wander him
He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
19 not offspring to/for him and not progeny in/on/with people his and nothing survivor in/on/with sojourning his
He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
20 upon day: today his be desolate: appalled last and eastern to grasp shuddering
Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
21 surely these tabernacle unjust and this place not to know God
Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
