Job 18
1 and to answer Bildad [the] Shuhite and to say
Then Bildad replied [again]:
2 till where? to set: make [emph?] snare to/for speech to understand and after to speak: speak
“When are you going to stop talking [RHQ]? If you would stop talking and listen, we could tell you something.
3 why? to devise: think like/as animal to defile in/on/with eye: seeing your
Why do you think that we are [as stupid] as cattle? [DOU, RHQ]
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
By being [very] angry and hurting yourself, do you think that doing that will shake the earth, or cause the rocks in the mountains to move? [RHQ]?
5 also light wicked to put out and not to shine flame fire his
“What will happen is that the lives of wicked people [like you] end [as quickly as we can] put out a light or extinguish the flame of a fire.
6 light to darken in/on/with tent his and lamp his upon him to put out
And when the lamps above them [in their tents] are extinguished, there will be no light in those tents.
7 be distressed step strength his and to throw him counsel his
[For many years] they walked confidently, but later [in life it was as though] they stumbled and fell, because [they themselves did not heed] the advice [that they gave to others].
8 for to send: depart in/on/with net in/on/with foot his and upon latticework to go: walk
[It was as though] they walked into their own net or fell into a pit that they themselves have dug.
9 to grasp in/on/with heel snare to strengthen: hold upon him snare
[It was as though] a trap grabbed their heels and held them fast [DOU],
10 to hide in/on/with land: soil cord his and snare his upon path
[as though the noose of] a rope that was hidden on the ground, [whose other end was fastened to the limb of a tree], seized them when they walked into it.
11 around: side to terrify him terror and to scatter him to/for foot his
Everywhere they went, there were things that caused them to be terrified; [it was as though] those things were pursuing them and biting at their heels.
12 to be hungry strength his and calamity to establish: prepare to/for stumbling his
They became hungry, with the result that they had no strength. They experienced disasters [PRS] constantly.
13 to eat alone: pole skin his to eat alone: pole his firstborn death
Diseases spread all over their skin/bodies; diseases that (caused their bodies to decay/destroyed their arms and legs).
14 to tear from tent his confidence his and to march him to/for king terror
[When they died, ] they were snatched away from their tents and brought to the one who rules over the dead.
15 to dwell in/on/with tent his from without to/for him to scatter upon pasture his brimstone
Now their tents will burn down, when burning sulfur rains down on those tents!
16 from underneath: under root his to wither and from above to languish foliage his
[Because those who died had no descendants], they were [like trees whose] roots have dried up and whose branches have all withered [MET].
17 memorial his to perish from land: country/planet and not name to/for him upon face: surface outside
No one on the earth will remember them any more; no [one on any] street [will even remember] their names [MTY].
18 to thrust him from light to(wards) darkness and from world to wander him
They will be expelled from the earth where there is light, and they will be sent into the place where it is dark.
19 not offspring to/for him and not progeny in/on/with people his and nothing survivor in/on/with sojourning his
They will have no children or grandchildren, no descendants where they previously lived.
20 upon day: today his be desolate: appalled last and eastern to grasp shuddering
People from the east to the west [who hear about what happened to them], will be shocked and horrified.
21 surely these tabernacle unjust and this place not to know God
And that is what happens to ungodly/sinful people [like you], to people who (have no interest in/have rejected) God.”
