< איוב 18 >

וַיַּעַן בִּלְדַּד הַשֻּׁחִי וַיֹּאמַֽר׃ 1
And Bildad the Shuhite answers and says:
עַד־אָנָה ׀ תְּשִׂימוּן קִנְצֵי לְמִלִּין תָּבִינוּ וְאַחַר נְדַבֵּֽר׃ 2
“When do you set an end to words? Consider, and afterward we speak.
מַדּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁבְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָה נִטְמִינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃ 3
Why have we been reckoned as livestock? We have been defiled in your eyes!
טֹֽרֵף נַפְשׁוֹ בְּאַפּוֹ הַלְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָזַב אָרֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צוּר מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃ 4
He is tearing himself in his anger. Is earth forsaken for your sake? And is a rock removed from its place?
גַּם אוֹר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹֽא־יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשּֽׁוֹ׃ 5
Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there does not shine a spark of his fire.
אוֹר חָשַׁךְ בְּאָהֳלוֹ וְנֵרוֹ עָלָיו יִדְעָֽךְ׃ 6
The light has been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.
יֵֽצְרוּ צַעֲדֵי אוֹנוֹ וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵהוּ עֲצָתֽוֹ׃ 7
The steps of his strength are restricted, And his own counsel casts him down.
כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּח בְּרֶשֶׁת בְּרַגְלָיו וְעַל־שְׂבָכָה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃ 8
For he is sent into a net by his own feet, And he habitually walks on a snare.
יֹאחֵז בְּעָקֵב פָּח יַחֲזֵק עָלָיו צַמִּֽים׃ 9
A trap seizes on the heel, The designing prevails over him.
טָמוּן בָּאָרֶץ חַבְלוֹ וּמַלְכֻּדְתּוֹ עֲלֵי נָתִֽיב׃ 10
His cord is hidden in the earth, And his trap on the path.
סָבִיב בִּֽעֲתֻהוּ בַלָּהוֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻהוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃ 11
Terrors have terrified him all around, And they have scattered him—at his feet.
יְהִי־רָעֵב אֹנוֹ וְאֵיד נָכוֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃ 12
His sorrow is hungry, And calamity is ready at his side.
יֹאכַל בַּדֵּי עוֹרוֹ יֹאכַל בַּדָּיו בְּכוֹר מָֽוֶת׃ 13
It consumes the parts of his skin, Death’s firstborn consumes his parts.
יִנָּתֵק מֵאָהֳלוֹ מִבְטַחוֹ וְתַצְעִדֵהוּ לְמֶלֶךְ בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ 14
His confidence is drawn from his tent, And it causes him to step to the king of terrors.
תִּשְׁכּוֹן בְּאָהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִי־לוֹ יְזֹרֶה עַל־נָוֵהוּ גָפְרִֽית׃ 15
It dwells in his tent—out of his provender, Sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
מִתַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁיו יִבָשׁוּ וּמִמַּעַל יִמַּל קְצִירֽוֹ׃ 16
From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above his crop is cut off.
זִֽכְרוֹ־אָבַד מִנִּי־אָרֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁם לוֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חֽוּץ׃ 17
His memorial has perished from the land, And he has no name on the street.
יֶהְדְּפֻהוּ מֵאוֹר אֶל־חֹשֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃ 18
They thrust him from light to darkness, And cast him out from the habitable earth.
לֹא נִין לוֹ וְלֹא־נֶכֶד בְּעַמּוֹ וְאֵין שָׂרִיד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃ 19
He has no continuator, Nor successor among his people, And none is remaining in his dwellings.
עַל־יוֹמוֹ נָשַׁמּוּ אַחֲרֹנִים וְקַדְמֹנִים אָחֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃ 20
At this day, those [in the] west have been astonished, And those [in the] east have taken fright.
אַךְ־אֵלֶּה מִשְׁכְּנוֹת עַוָּל וְזֶה מְקוֹם לֹא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃ 21
Only these [are] dwelling places of the perverse, And this [is] the place God has not known.”

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