Job 18

1 and to answer Bildad [the] Shuhite and to say

Then Bildad the Shuhite spoke up and said,

2 till where? to set: make [emph?] snare to/for speech to understand and after to speak: speak

“How long will you go on talking, hunting for the right words to say? Talk sense if you want us to reply!

3 why? to devise: think like/as animal to defile in/on/with eye: seeing your

Do you think we're dumb animals? Do we look stupid to you?

4 to tear soul: myself his in/on/with face: anger his because you to leave: forsake land: country/planet and to proceed rock from place his

You tear yourself apart with your anger. Do you think the earth has to be abandoned, or the mountains moved, just because of you?

5 also light wicked to put out and not to shine flame fire his

It's certain that the life of the wicked will end like a lamp that is snuffed out—their flame will shine no more.

6 light to darken in/on/with tent his and lamp his upon him to put out

The light in their home goes out, the lamp hanging above is extinguished.

7 be distressed step strength his and to throw him counsel his

Instead of taking strong strides they stumble, and their own plans cause them to fall.

8 for to send: depart in/on/with net in/on/with foot his and upon latticework to go: walk

Their own feet trip them up and they are caught in a net; as they walk along they fall into a pit.

9 to grasp in/on/with heel snare to strengthen: hold upon him snare

A trap grabs them by the heel; a snare tightens around them.

10 to hide in/on/with land: soil cord his and snare his upon path

A noose is hidden on the ground for them; a rope is stretched across the path to trip them.

11 around: side to terrify him terror and to scatter him to/for foot his

Terrors scare the wicked, coming at them from every side, chasing them, biting at their heels.

12 to be hungry strength his and calamity to establish: prepare to/for stumbling his

Hunger robs them of strength; disaster waits for them when they fall.

13 to eat alone: pole skin his to eat alone: pole his firstborn death

Disease devours their skin; deadly disease consumes their limbs.

14 to tear from tent his confidence his and to march him to/for king terror

They are torn from the homes they trusted in and taken to the king of terrors.

15 to dwell in/on/with tent his (from without *Lb) to/for him to scatter upon pasture his brimstone

People they don't know will live in their homes; sulfur will be scattered where they used to live.

16 from underneath: under root his to wither and from above to languish foliage his

They wither away, roots below and branches above;

17 memorial his to perish from land: country/planet and not name to/for him upon face: surface outside

the memory of them fades from the earth; nobody remembers their names any more.

18 to thrust him from light to(wards) darkness and from world to wander him

They are thrown out of light into darkness, driven from the world.

19 not offspring to/for him and not progeny in/on/with people his and nothing survivor in/on/with sojourning his

They have no children or descendants among their people, and no survivors where they used to live.

20 upon day: today his be desolate: appalled last and eastern to grasp shuddering

People of the west are appalled at what happens to them. People of the east are shocked.

21 surely these tabernacle unjust and this place not to know God

This is what happens to the homes of the wicked, to the places of those who reject God.”