Job 18:1
Then Bildad H1085 the Shuhite H7747 answered H6030 and said H559,
Job 18:2
“How H575 long H5704 until you put H7760 an end H7078 to your words H4405?
Show H995 understanding H995 and then H310 we can talk H1696.
Job 18:3
“Why H4069 are we regarded H2803 as beasts H929,
As dense H2933 in your eyes H5869?
Job 18:4
“O [fn]you who tear H2963 yourself H5315 in your anger H639—
For your sake H4616 is the earth H776 to be forsaken H5800,
Or the rock H6697 to be moved H6275 from its place H4725?
Job 18:5
“Indeed H1571, the light H216 of the wicked H7563 goes H1846 out H1846,
And the [fn]flame H7632 of his fire H784 gives H5050 no light H5050.
Job 18:6
“The light H216 in his tent H168 is darkened H2821,
And his lamp H5216 goes H1846 out H1846 above H5921 him.
Job 18:7
“His [fn]vigorous H202 stride H6806 is shortened H6887,
And his own counsel H6098 brings H7993 him down H7993.
Job 18:8
“For he is thrown H7971 into the net H7568 by his own feet H7272,
And he steps H1980 on the netting H7639.
Job 18:9
“A snare H6341 seizes H270 him by the heel H6119,
And a device H6782 snaps H2388 shut H2388 on him.
Job 18:10
“A rope H2256 for him is hidden H2934 in the ground H776,
And a trap H4434 for him on the path H5410.
Job 18:11
“All H5439 around H5439 terrors H1091 frighten H1204 him,
And harass H6327 him at every step H7272.
Job 18:12
“His vigor H202 is famished H7457,
And disaster H343 is ready H3559 at his side H6763.
Job 18:13
“The firstborn H1060 of death H4194 eats H398 parts H905 of his skin H5785;
It eats H398 parts H905 of him.
Job 18:14
“He is torn H5423 from [fn]the security H4009 of his tent H168,
And [fn]they march H6805 him in step H6805 before the king H4428 of terrors H1091.
Job 18:15
“[fn]There dwells H7931 in his tent H168 nothing H1097 of his;
Brimstone H1614 is scattered H2219 on his abode H5116.
Job 18:16
“His roots H8328 are dried H3001 below H4480 H8478,
And his branch H7105 is cut H4448 off H4448 above H4480 H4605.
Job 18:17
“Memory H2143 of him perishes H6 from the earth H776,
And he has no H3808 name H8034 abroad H6440 H2351.
Job 18:18
“[fn]He is driven H1920 from light H216 into darkness H2822,
And chased H5074 from the inhabited H8398 world H8398.
Job 18:19
“He has neither H3808 offspring H5209 nor posterity H5220 among his people H5971,
Nor H369 any survivor H8300 where H4033 he sojourned H4033.
Job 18:20
“Those [fn]in the west H314 are H8074 appalled H8074 at his [fn]fate H3117,
And those [fn]in the east H6931 are seized H270 with horror H8178.
Job 18:21
“Surely H389 such H428 are the dwellings H4908 of the unjust H5767,
And this H2088 is the place H4725 of him who does not know H3045 God H410.”
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