איוב 18

1 וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשֻּׁחִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Then Baldad the Sauchite answered and said,

2 עַד־אָנָה ׀ תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּֽר׃

How long will you continue? forbear, that we also may speak.

3 מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃

For therefore have we been silent before you like brutes?

4 טֹֽרֵף נַפְשׁוֹ בְּאַפּוֹ הַלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

Anger has possessed you: for what if you should die; would [the earth] under heaven be desolate? or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations?

5 גַּם אוֹר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹֽא־יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשּֽׁוֹ׃

But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up.

6 אוֹר חָשַׁךְ בְּאָהֳלוֹ וְנֵרוֹ עָלָיו יִדְעָֽךְ׃

His light [shall be] darkness in [his] habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

7 יֵֽצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אוֹנוֹ וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתֽוֹ׃

Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, and let his counsel deceive [him].

8 כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַל־שְׂבָכָה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃

His foot also has been caught in a snare, [and] let it be entangled in a net.

9 יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פָּח יַחֲזֵק עָלָיו צַמִּֽים׃

And let snares come upon him: he shall strengthen those that thirst for his destruction.

10 טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלוֹ וּמַלְכֻּדְתּוֹ עֲלֵי נָתִֽיב׃

His snare is hid in the earth, and that which shall take him is by the path.

11 סָבִיב בִּֽעֲתֻהוּ בַלָּהוֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃

Let pains destroy him round about, and let many [enemies] come about him,

12 יְהִי־רָעֵב אֹנוֹ וְאֵיד נָכוֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃

[vex him] with distressing hunger: and a signal destruction has been prepared for him.

13 יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עוֹרוֹ יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכוֹר מָֽוֶת׃

Let the soles of his feet be devoured: and death shall consume his beauty.

14 יִנָּתֵק מֵאָהֳלוֹ מִבְטַחוֹ וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃

And let health be utterly banished from his tabernacle, and let distress seize upon him with a charge from the king.

15 תִּשְׁכּוֹן בְּאָהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִי־לוֹ יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גָפְרִֽית׃

It shall dwell in his tabernacle in his night: his excellency shall be sown with brimstone.

16 מִתַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירֽוֹ׃

His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above.

17 זִֽכְרוֹ־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לוֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חֽוּץ׃

Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out.

18 יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֹר אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃

Let [one] drive him from light into darkness.

19 לֹא נִין לוֹ וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמּוֹ וְאֵין שָׂרִיד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃

He shall not be known among his people, nor his house preserved on the earth.

20 עַל־יוֹמוֹ נָשַׁמּוּ אַחֲרֹנִים וְקַדְמֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃

But strangers shall dwell in his possessions: the last groaned for him, and wonder seized the first.

21 אַךְ־אֵלֶּה מִשְׁכְּנוֹת עַוָּל וְזֶה מְקוֹם לֹא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃

These are the houses of the unrighteous, and this is the place of them that know not the Lord.