אִיּוֹב 18
| וַ֭יַּעַן בִּלְדַּ֥ד הַשֻּׁחִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ | 1 |
Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said,
| עַד־אָ֤נָה ׀ תְּשִׂימ֣וּן קִנְצֵ֣י לְמִלִּ֑ין תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ וְאַחַ֥ר נְדַבֵּֽר׃ | 2 |
“How long will you go on talking, hunting for the right words to say? Talk sense if you want us to reply!
| מַ֭דּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָ֑ה נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ | 3 |
Do you think we're dumb animals? Do we look stupid to you?
| טֹֽרֵ֥ף נַפְשֹׁ֗ו בְּאַ֫פֹּ֥ו הַ֭לְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָ֣זַב אָ֑רֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צ֝֗וּר מִמְּקֹמֹֽו׃ | 4 |
You tear yourself apart with your anger. Do you think the earth has to be abandoned, or the mountains moved, just because of you?
| גַּ֤ם אֹ֣ור רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־יִ֝גַּ֗הּ שְׁבִ֣יב אִשֹּֽׁו׃ | 5 |
It's certain that the life of the wicked will end like a lamp that is snuffed out—their flame will shine no more.
| אֹ֖ור חָשַׁ֣ךְ בְּאָהֳלֹ֑ו וְ֝נֵרֹ֗ו עָלָ֥יו יִדְעָֽךְ׃ | 6 |
The light in their home goes out, the lamp hanging above is extinguished.
| יֵֽ֭צְרוּ צַעֲדֵ֣י אֹונֹ֑ו וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ עֲצָתֹֽו׃ | 7 |
Instead of taking strong strides they stumble, and their own plans cause them to fall.
| כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּ֣ח בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת בְּרַגְלָ֑יו וְעַל־שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ | 8 |
Their own feet trip them up and they are caught in a net; as they walk along they fall into a pit.
| יֹאחֵ֣ז בְּעָקֵ֣ב פָּ֑ח יַחֲזֵ֖ק עָלָ֣יו צַמִּֽים׃ | 9 |
A trap grabs them by the heel; a snare tightens around them.
| טָמ֣וּן בָּאָ֣רֶץ חַבְלֹ֑ו וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתֹּ֗ו עֲלֵ֣י נָתִֽיב׃ | 10 |
A noose is hidden on the ground for them; a rope is stretched across the path to trip them.
| סָ֭בִיב בִּֽעֲתֻ֣הוּ בַלָּהֹ֑ות וֶהֱפִיצֻ֥הוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃ | 11 |
Terrors scare the wicked, coming at them from every side, chasing them, biting at their heels.
| יְהִי־רָעֵ֥ב אֹנֹ֑ו וְ֝אֵ֗יד נָכֹ֥ון לְצַלְעֹֽו׃ | 12 |
Hunger robs them of strength; disaster waits for them when they fall.
| יֹ֭אכַל בַּדֵּ֣י עֹורֹ֑ו יֹאכַ֥ל בַּ֝דָּ֗יו בְּכֹ֣ור מָֽוֶת׃ | 13 |
Disease devours their skin; deadly disease consumes their limbs.
| יִנָּתֵ֣ק מֵ֭אָהֳלֹו מִבְטַחֹ֑ו וְ֝תַצְעִדֵ֗הוּ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ בַּלָּהֹֽות׃ | 14 |
They are torn from the homes they trusted in and taken to the king of terrors.
| תִּשְׁכֹּ֣ון בְּ֭אָהֳלֹו מִבְּלִי־לֹ֑ו יְזֹרֶ֖ה עַל־נָוֵ֣הוּ גָפְרִֽית׃ | 15 |
People they don't know will live in their homes; sulfur will be scattered where they used to live.
| מִ֭תַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל יִמַּ֥ל קְצִירֹֽו׃ | 16 |
They wither away, roots below and branches above;
| זִֽכְרֹו־אָ֭בַד מִנִּי־אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁ֥ם לֹ֝֗ו עַל־פְּנֵי־חֽוּץ׃ | 17 |
the memory of them fades from the earth; nobody remembers their names any more.
| יֶ֭הְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאֹ֣ור אֶל־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵ֥ל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃ | 18 |
They are thrown out of light into darkness, driven from the world.
| לֹ֘א נִ֤ין לֹ֣ו וְלֹא־נֶ֣כֶד בְּעַמֹּ֑ו וְאֵ֥ין שָׂ֝רִ֗יד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃ | 19 |
They have no children or descendants among their people, and no survivors where they used to live.
| עַל־יֹ֖ומֹו נָשַׁ֣מּוּ אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים וְ֝קַדְמֹנִ֗ים אָ֣חֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃ | 20 |
People of the west are appalled at what happens to them. People of the east are shocked.
| אַךְ־אֵ֭לֶּה מִשְׁכְּנֹ֣ות עַוָּ֑ל וְ֝זֶ֗ה מְקֹ֣ום לֹא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃ ס | 21 |
This is what happens to the homes of the wicked, to the places of those who reject God.”
