Job 18

וַ֭יַּעַן בִּלְדַּ֥ד הַשֻּׁחִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

Then Bildad the Shuhite replied:

Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

עַד־אָ֤נָה ׀ תְּשִׂימ֣וּן קִנְצֵ֣י לְמִלִּ֑ין תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ וְאַחַ֥ר נְדַבֵּֽר׃

“How long until you end these speeches? Show some sense, and then we can talk.

How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak.

מַ֭דּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָ֑ה נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃

Why are we regarded as cattle, as stupid in your sight?

Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

טֹֽרֵ֥ף נַפְשׁ֗וֹ בְּאַ֫פּ֥וֹ הַ֭לְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָ֣זַב אָ֑רֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צ֝֗וּר מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

You who tear yourself in anger—should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

גַּ֤ם א֣וֹר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָ֑ךְ וְלֹֽא־יִ֝גַּ֗הּ שְׁבִ֣יב אִשּֽׁוֹ׃

Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

א֭וֹר חָשַׁ֣ךְ בְּאָהֳל֑וֹ וְ֝נֵר֗וֹ עָלָ֥יו יִדְעָֽךְ׃

The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

יֵֽ֭צְרוּ צַעֲדֵ֣י אוֹנ֑וֹ וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ עֲצָתֽוֹ׃

His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.

The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּ֣ח בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת בְּרַגְלָ֑יו וְעַל־שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃

For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.

For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

יֹאחֵ֣ז בְּעָקֵ֣ב פָּ֑ח יַחֲזֵ֖ק עָלָ֣יו צַמִּֽים׃

A trap seizes his heel; a snare grips him.

The gin shall take him by the heel, and the robber shall prevail against him.

טָמ֣וּן בָּאָ֣רֶץ חַבְל֑וֹ וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹ עֲלֵ֣י נָתִֽיב׃

A noose is hidden in the ground, and a trap lies in his path.

The snare is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

סָ֭בִיב בִּֽעֲתֻ֣הוּ בַלָּה֑וֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻ֥הוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃

Terrors frighten him on every side and harass his every step.

Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet.

יְהִי־רָעֵ֥ב אֹנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֵ֗יד נָכ֥וֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃

His strength is depleted, and calamity is ready at his side.

His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side.

יֹ֭אכַל בַּדֵּ֣י עוֹר֑וֹ יֹאכַ֥ל בַּ֝דָּ֗יו בְּכ֣וֹר מָֽוֶת׃

It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.

It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.

יִנָּתֵ֣ק מֵ֭אָהֳלוֹ מִבְטַח֑וֹ וְ֝תַצְעִדֵ֗הוּ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃

He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.

תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן בְּ֭אָהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִי־ל֑וֹ יְזֹרֶ֖ה עַל־נָוֵ֣הוּ גָפְרִֽית׃

Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

מִ֭תַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל יִמַּ֥ל קְצִירֽוֹ׃

The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

זִֽכְרוֹ־אָ֭בַד מִנִּי־אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁ֥ם ל֝֗וֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חֽוּץ׃

The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

יֶ֭הְדְּפֻהוּ מֵא֣וֹר אֶל־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵ֥ל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃

He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

לֹ֘א נִ֤ין ל֣וֹ וְלֹא־נֶ֣כֶד בְּעַמּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֥ין שָׂ֝רִ֗יד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃

He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.

He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

עַל־י֭וֹמוֹ נָשַׁ֣מּוּ אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים וְ֝קַדְמֹנִ֗ים אָ֣חֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃

Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.

אַךְ־אֵ֭לֶּה מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וְ֝זֶ֗ה מְק֣וֹם לֹא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃

Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”

Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him that knoweth not God.