Job 18
1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,
| ויען בלדד השחי ויאמר |
2 How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.
| עד-אנה תשימון קנצי למלין תבינו ואחר נדבר |
3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight?
| מדוע נחשבנו כבהמה נטמינו בעיניכם |
4 Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?
| טרף נפשו באפו הלמענך תעזב ארץ ויעתק-צור ממקמו |
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
| גם אור רשעים ידעך ולא-יגה שביב אשו |
6 The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
| אור חשך באהלו ונרו עליו ידעך |
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.
| יצרו צעדי אונו ותשליכהו עצתו |
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.
| כי-שלח ברשת ברגליו ועל-שבכה יתהלך |
9 A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.
| יאחז בעקב פח יחזק עליו צמים |
10 A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.
| טמון בארץ חבלו ומלכדתו עלי נתיב |
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.
| סביב בעתהו בלהות והפיצהו לרגליו |
12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.
| יהי-רעב אנו ואיד נכון לצלעו |
13 The members of his body shall be devoured, [Yea], the first-born of death shall devour his members.
| יאכל בדי עורו יאכל בדיו בכור מות |
14 He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
| ינתק מאהלו מבטחו ותצעדהו למלך בלהות |
15 There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
| תשכון באהלו מבלי-לו יזרה על-נוהו גפרית |
16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
| מתחת שרשיו יבשו וממעל ימל קצירו |
17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
| זכרו-אבד מני-ארץ ולא-שם לו על-פני-חוץ |
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
| יהדפהו מאור אל-חשך ומתבל ינדהו |
19 He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
| לא נין לו ולא-נכד בעמו ואין שריד במגוריו |
20 They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.
| על-יומו נשמו אחרנים וקדמנים אחזו שער |
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
| אך-אלה משכנות עול וזה מקום לא-ידע-אל |
