< Job 18 >
1 and to answer Bildad [the] Shuhite and to say
Then Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
2 till where? to set: make [emph?] snare to/for speech to understand and after to speak: speak
“When will you stop your talk? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
3 why? to devise: think like/as animal to defile in/on/with eye: seeing your
Why are we regarded as beasts, 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 at yourself in your anger, should the earth be forsaken for you or should the rocks be removed out of their places?
5 also light wicked to put out and not to shine flame fire his
Indeed, the light of the wicked person will be put out; the spark of his fire will not shine.
6 light to darken in/on/with tent his and lamp his upon him to put out
The light will be dark in his tent; his lamp above him will be put out.
7 be distressed step strength his and to throw him counsel his
The steps of his strength will be made short; his own plans will cast him down.
8 for to send: depart in/on/with net in/on/with foot his and upon latticework to go: walk
For he will be thrown into a net by his own feet; he will walk into a pitfall.
9 to grasp in/on/with heel snare to strengthen: hold upon him snare
A trap will take him by the heel; a snare will lay hold on him.
10 to hide in/on/with land: soil cord his and snare his upon path
A noose is hidden for him on the ground; and a trap for him in the way.
11 around: side to terrify him terror and to scatter him to/for foot his
Terrors will make him afraid on every side; they will chase him at his heels.
12 to be hungry strength his and calamity to establish: prepare to/for stumbling his
His wealth will turn into hunger, and calamity will be ready at his side.
13 to eat alone: pole skin his to eat alone: pole his firstborn death
The parts of his body will be devoured; indeed, the firstborn of death will devour his parts.
14 to tear from tent his confidence his and to march him to/for king terror
He is torn from the safety of his tent and 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
People not his own will live in his tent after they see that sulfur is scattered within his home.
16 from underneath: under root his to wither and from above to languish foliage his
His roots will be dried up beneath; above will his branch be cut off.
17 memorial his to perish from land: country/planet and not name to/for him upon face: surface outside
His memory will perish from the earth; he will have no name in the street.
18 to thrust him from light to(wards) darkness and from world to wander him
He will be driven from light into darkness and be chased out of this world.
19 not offspring to/for him and not progeny in/on/with people his and nothing survivor in/on/with sojourning his
He will have no son or son's son among his people, nor any remaining kinfolk where he had stayed.
20 upon day: today his be desolate: appalled last and eastern to grasp shuddering
Those who live in the west will be horrified at what happens to him one day; those who live in the east will be frightened by it.
21 surely these tabernacle unjust and this place not to know God
Surely such are the homes of unrighteous people, the places of those who do not know God.”