Job 18
1 Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit:
Bildad the Shuhite answered and said:
2 Usque ad quem finem verba jactabitis? intelligite prius, et sic loquamur.
How long ere ye make an end of words? Understand, and then we will speak!
3 Quare reputati sumus ut jumenta, et sorduimus coram vobis?
Why are we accounted as brutes, And reputed vile in your sight?
4 Qui perdis animam tuam in furore tuo, numquid propter te derelinquetur terra, et transferentur rupes de loco suo?
Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger! Must the earth be deserted for thee, And the rock removed from its place?
5 Nonne lux impii extinguetur, nec splendebit flamma ignis ejus?
Behold, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the flame of his fire shall not shine.
6 Lux obtenebrescet in tabernaculo illius, et lucerna quæ super eum est extinguetur.
Light shall become darkness in his tent, And his lamp over him shall go out.
7 Arctabuntur gressus virtutis ejus, et præcipitabit eum consilium suum.
His strong steps shall be straitened, And his own plans shall cast him down.
8 Immisit enim in rete pedes suos, et in maculis ejus ambulat.
He is brought into the net by his own feet, And he walketh upon snares.
9 Tenebitur planta illius laqueo, et exardescet contra eum sitis.
The trap layeth hold of him by the heel, And the snare holdeth him fast.
10 Abscondita est in terra pedica ejus, et decipula illius super semitam.
A net is secretly laid for him on the ground, And a trap for him in the pathway.
11 Undique terrebunt eum formidines, et involvent pedes ejus.
Terrors affright him on every side, And harass him at his heels.
12 Attenuetur fame robur ejus, et inedia invadat costas illius.
His strength is wasted by hunger, And destruction is ready at his side.
13 Devoret pulchritudinem cutis ejus; consumat brachia illius primogenita mors.
His limbs are consumed, Yea, his limbs are devoured by the first-born of death.
14 Avellatur de tabernaculo suo fiducia ejus, et calcet super eum, quasi rex, interitus.
He is torn from his tent, which was his confidence, And is borne away to the king of terrors.
15 Habitent in tabernaculo illius socii ejus qui non est; aspergatur in tabernaculo ejus sulphur.
They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16 Deorsum radices ejus siccentur: sursum autem atteratur messis ejus.
His roots below shall be dried up, And his branches above shall be withered.
17 Memoria illius pereat de terra, et non celebretur nomen ejus in plateis.
His memory perisheth from the earth, And no name hath he in the land.
18 Expellet eum de luce in tenebras, et de orbe transferet eum.
He shall be thrust from light into darkness, And driven out of the world.
19 Non erit semen ejus, neque progenies in populo suo, nec ullæ reliquiæ in regionibus ejus.
He hath no son, nor kinsman among his people, Nor any survivor in his dwelling-place.
20 In die ejus stupebunt novissimi, et primos invadet horror.
They that come after him shall be amazed at his fate, As they that were before them were struck with horror.
21 Hæc sunt ergo tabernacula iniqui, et iste locus ejus qui ignorat Deum.
Yea, such is the dwelling of the unrighteous man; Such is the place of him who knoweth not God!
