איוב 18
| וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשֻּׁחִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
And Bildad the Shuhite answered and said,
| עַד־אָנָה ׀ תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּֽר׃ | 2 |
How long will ye hunt for words? Be intelligent, and then we will speak.
| מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ | 3 |
Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed stupid in your sight?
| טֹרֵף נַפְשׁוֹ בְּאַפּוֹ הַֽלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃ | 4 |
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of its place?
| גַּם אוֹר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹא־יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשּֽׁוֹ׃ | 5 |
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
| אוֹר חָשַׁךְ בְּאׇהֳלוֹ וְנֵרוֹ עָלָיו יִדְעָֽךְ׃ | 6 |
The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
| יֵצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אוֹנוֹ וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתֽוֹ׃ | 7 |
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
| כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַל־שְׂבָכָה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ | 8 |
For he is sent into the net by his own feet, and he walketh on the meshes;
| יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פָּח יַחֲזֵק עָלָיו צַמִּֽים׃ | 9 |
The gin taketh [him] by the heel, the snare layeth hold on him;
| טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלוֹ וּמַלְכֻּדְתּוֹ עֲלֵי נָתִֽיב׃ | 10 |
A cord is hidden for him in the ground, and his trap in the way.
| סָבִיב בִּעֲתֻהוּ בַלָּהוֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃ | 11 |
Terrors make him afraid on every side, and chase him at his footsteps.
| יְהִֽי־רָעֵב אֹנוֹ וְאֵיד נָכוֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃ | 12 |
His strength is hunger-bitten, and calamity is ready at his side.
| יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עוֹרוֹ יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכוֹר מָֽוֶת׃ | 13 |
The firstborn of death devoureth the members of his body; it will devour his members.
| יִנָּתֵק מֵאׇהֳלוֹ מִבְטַחוֹ וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ | 14 |
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tent, and it shall lead him away to the king of terrors:
| תִּשְׁכּוֹן בְּאׇהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִילוֹ יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גׇפְרִֽית׃ | 15 |
They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:
| מִתַּחַת שׇׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירֽוֹ׃ | 16 |
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;
| זִֽכְרוֹ־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לוֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חֽוּץ׃ | 17 |
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.
| יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֹר אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃ | 18 |
He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
| לֹא נִין לוֹ וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמּוֹ וְאֵין שָׂרִיד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃ | 19 |
He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.
| עַל־יוֹמוֹ נָשַׁמּוּ אַחֲרֹנִים וְקַדְמֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃ | 20 |
They that come after shall be astonished at his day, as they that went before [them] were affrighted.
| אַךְ־אֵלֶּה מִשְׁכְּנוֹת עַוָּל וְזֶה מְקוֹם לֹֽא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃ | 21 |
Surely, such are the dwellings of the unrighteous man, and such the place of him that knoweth not God.
