Job 18

Then answered and he responded Bildad Bildad (masculine personal name) the Shuhite the Descendant of Shuaḥ (the Bowed-One) and said and he declared

Verse 1 וַ֭/יַּעַן 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤍 vayaan Then answered and he responded HC/Vqw3ms בִּלְדַּ֥ד 𐤁𐤋𐤃𐤃 biledad Bildad Bildad (masculine personal name) HNp הַ/שֻּׁחִ֗י 𐤄/𐤔𐤇𐤉 hashuchi the Shuhite the Descendant of Shuaḥ (the Bowed-One) HTd/Ngmsa וַ/יֹּאמַֽר 𐤅/𐤉𐤀𐤌𐤓 vayomar and said and he declared HC/Vqw3ms

until up to the boundary of when ʿAnah (“Answer” or “Response”) will-you-put you men shall set in place ends extremities-of for-words for uttered-words understand you (masculine plural) will discern and-after and after (behind) we-will-speak we will declare

Verse 2 עַד 𐤏𐤃 ad until up to the boundary of HR אָ֤נָה 𐤀𐤍𐤄 anah when ʿAnah (“Answer” or “Response”) HD תְּשִׂימ֣וּ/ן 𐤕𐤔𐤉𐤌𐤅/𐤍 tesimun will-you-put you men shall set in place HVqi2mp/Sn קִנְצֵ֣י 𐤒𐤍𐤑𐤉 qinetsey ends extremities-of HNcmpc לְ/מִלִּ֑ין 𐤋/𐤌𐤋𐤉𐤍 lemilin for-words for uttered-words HR/Ncfpa תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ 𐤕𐤁𐤉𐤍𐤅 tavinu understand you (masculine plural) will discern HVqi2mp וְ/אַחַ֥ר 𐤅/𐤀𐤇𐤓 veachar and-after and after (behind) HC/D נְדַבֵּֽר 𐤍𐤃𐤁𐤓 nedaber we-will-speak we will declare HVpi1cp

Why for-what-is-known? are we counted we have been reckoned as beasts like the mute beast and reputed vile we became impure in your eyes in the sight of your (masculine plural) eyes

Verse 3 מַ֭דּוּעַ 𐤌𐤃𐤅𐤏 madua Why for-what-is-known? HTi נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ 𐤍𐤇𐤔𐤁𐤍𐤅 necheshavenu are we counted we have been reckoned HVNp1cp כַ/בְּהֵמָ֑ה 𐤊/𐤁𐤄𐤌𐤄 khabehemah as beasts like the mute beast HRd/Ncfsa נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ 𐤍𐤈𐤌𐤉𐤍𐤅 niteminu and reputed vile we became impure HVNp1cp בְּ/עֵינֵי/כֶֽם 𐤁/𐤏𐤉𐤍𐤉/𐤊𐤌 beeyneykhem in your eyes in the sight of your (masculine plural) eyes HR/Ncbdc/Sp2mp

tearing one tearing-to-pieces yourself his life-breath in your anger in his nose for your sake for the sake of you be forsaken she will be abandoned earth firm land or be moved and he will move away rock Zur (“Rock,” masculine singular proper name) from its place from his standing-place

Verse 4 טֹֽרֵ֥ף 𐤈𐤓𐤐 toref tearing one tearing-to-pieces HVqrmsa נַפְשׁ֗/וֹ 𐤍𐤐𐤔/𐤅 nafesho yourself his life-breath HNcbsc/Sp3ms בְּ/אַ֫פּ֥/וֹ 𐤁/𐤀𐤐/𐤅 beapo in your anger in his nose HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms הַ֭/לְמַעַנְ/ךָ 𐤄/𐤋𐤌𐤏𐤍/𐤊 halemaanekha for your sake for the sake of you HTi/R/Sp2ms תֵּעָ֣זַב 𐤕𐤏𐤆𐤁 teazav be forsaken she will be abandoned HVNi3fs אָ֑רֶץ 𐤀𐤓𐤑 arets earth firm land HNcbsa וְ/יֶעְתַּק 𐤅/𐤉𐤏𐤕𐤒 veyeetaq or be moved and he will move away HC/Vqi3ms צ֝֗וּר 𐤑𐤅𐤓 tsur rock Zur (“Rock,” masculine singular proper name) HNcmsa מִ/מְּקֹמֽ/וֹ 𐤌/𐤌𐤒𐤌/𐤅 mimeqomo from its place from his standing-place HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms

indeed also light light of the wicked wicked men goes out he will be extinguished and not and not shines he shines forth flame split-spark of of his fire his fire

Verse 5 גַּ֤ם 𐤂𐤌 gam indeed also HTa א֣וֹר 𐤀𐤅𐤓 or light light HNcbsc רְשָׁעִ֣ים 𐤓𐤔𐤏𐤉𐤌 reshaim of the wicked wicked men HAampa יִדְעָ֑ךְ 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤊 yideakhe goes out he will be extinguished HVqi3ms וְ/לֹֽא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and not and not HC/Tn יִ֝גַּ֗הּ 𐤉𐤂𐤄 yigah shines he shines forth HVqi3ms שְׁבִ֣יב 𐤔𐤁𐤉𐤁 sheviv flame split-spark of HNcmsc אִשּֽׁ/וֹ 𐤀𐤔/𐤅 isho of his fire his fire HNcbsc/Sp3ms

light light darkens he grew dark in-his-tent in his tent-dwelling and-his-lamp and his shining-lamp above-him upon him/it goes-out he will be extinguished

Verse 6 א֭וֹר 𐤀𐤅𐤓 or light light HNcbsa חָשַׁ֣ךְ 𐤇𐤔𐤊 chashakhe darkens he grew dark HVqp3ms בְּ/אָהֳל֑/וֹ 𐤁/𐤀𐤄𐤋/𐤅 beaholo in-his-tent in his tent-dwelling HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms וְ֝/נֵר֗/וֹ 𐤅/𐤍𐤓/𐤅 venero and-his-lamp and his shining-lamp HC/Ncmsc/Sp3ms עָלָ֥י/ו 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv above-him upon him/it HR/Sp3ms יִדְעָֽךְ 𐤉𐤃𐤏𐤊 yideakhe goes-out he will be extinguished HVqi3ms

are narrowed they are pressed-narrow his steps steps-of his strength his vigor and throws him down and she will cast him away his own counsel his deliberated counsel

Verse 7 יֵֽ֭צְרוּ 𐤉𐤑𐤓𐤅 yetseru are narrowed they are pressed-narrow HVqi3mp צַעֲדֵ֣י 𐤑𐤏𐤃𐤉 tsaadey his steps steps-of HNcmpc אוֹנ֑/וֹ 𐤀𐤅𐤍/𐤅 ono his strength his vigor HNcmsc/Sp3ms וְֽ/תַשְׁלִיכֵ֥/הוּ 𐤅/𐤕𐤔𐤋𐤉𐤊/𐤄𐤅 vetashelikhehu and throws him down and she will cast him away HC/Vhi3fs/Sp3ms עֲצָתֽ/וֹ 𐤏𐤑𐤕/𐤅 atsato his own counsel his deliberated counsel HNcfsc/Sp3ms

For for (as reason or ground) he is cast/thrown he was sent forth into a net in a net by his own feet at his feet and on and upon a snare/webbing a woven-meshwork he walks/treads he walks about

Verse 8 כִּֽי 𐤊𐤉 ki For for (as reason or ground) HC שֻׁלַּ֣ח 𐤔𐤋𐤇 shulach he is cast/thrown he was sent forth HVPp3ms בְּ/רֶ֣שֶׁת 𐤁/𐤓𐤔𐤕 bereshet into a net in a net HR/Ncfsa בְּ/רַגְלָ֑י/ו 𐤁/𐤓𐤂𐤋𐤉/𐤅 beragelayv by his own feet at his feet HR/Ncfdc/Sp3ms וְ/עַל 𐤅/𐤏𐤋 veal and on and upon HC/R שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה 𐤔𐤁𐤊𐤄 sevakhah a snare/webbing a woven-meshwork HNcfsa יִתְהַלָּֽךְ 𐤉𐤕𐤄𐤋𐤊 yitehalakhe he walks/treads he walks about HVti3ms

grabs he seizes hold by the heel at the heel a trap a spreading snare holds he will make strong on him upon him/it a snare binding-nooses

Verse 9 יֹאחֵ֣ז 𐤉𐤀𐤇𐤆 yochez grabs he seizes hold HVqi3ms בְּ/עָקֵ֣ב 𐤁/𐤏𐤒𐤁 beaqev by the heel at the heel HR/Ncmsa פָּ֑ח 𐤐𐤇 pach a trap a spreading snare HNcmsa יַחֲזֵ֖ק 𐤉𐤇𐤆𐤒 yachazeq holds he will make strong HVhi3ms עָלָ֣י/ו 𐤏𐤋𐤉/𐤅 alayv on him upon him/it HR/Sp3ms צַמִּֽים 𐤑𐤌𐤉𐤌 tsamim a snare binding-nooses HNcmpa

is hidden hidden one in the ground in the firm land his rope his measuring-cord and his trap and his capturing-snare on upon the path trodden path

Verse 10 טָמ֣וּן 𐤈𐤌𐤅𐤍 tamun is hidden hidden one HVqsmsa בָּ/אָ֣רֶץ 𐤁/𐤀𐤓𐤑 baarets in the ground in the firm land HRd/Ncbsa חַבְל֑/וֹ 𐤇𐤁𐤋/𐤅 chavelo his rope his measuring-cord HNcbsc/Sp3ms וּ֝/מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗/וֹ 𐤅/𐤌𐤋𐤊𐤃𐤕/𐤅 umalekudeto and his trap and his capturing-snare HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms עֲלֵ֣י 𐤏𐤋𐤉 aley on upon HR נָתִֽיב 𐤍𐤕𐤉𐤁 nativ the path trodden path HNcbsa

on every side encircling-around frighten him they were terror-struck at him terrors consuming terrors and drive him and they scattered him abroad to his feet to his two feet

Verse 11 סָ֭בִיב 𐤎𐤁𐤉𐤁 saviv on every side encircling-around HNcbsa בִּֽעֲתֻ֣/הוּ 𐤁𐤏𐤕/𐤄𐤅 biatuhu frighten him they were terror-struck at him HVpp3cp/Sp3ms בַלָּה֑וֹת 𐤁𐤋𐤄𐤅𐤕 valahot terrors consuming terrors HNcfpa וֶ/הֱפִיצֻ֥/הוּ 𐤅/𐤄𐤐𐤉𐤑/𐤄𐤅 vehefitsuhu and drive him and they scattered him abroad HC/Vhp3cp/Sp3ms לְ/רַגְלָֽי/ו 𐤋/𐤓𐤂𐤋𐤉/𐤅 leragelayv to his feet to his two feet HR/Ncfdc/Sp3ms

let it be let him be/exist hungry a hunger-bitten man his strength his vigor and calamity and crushing-ruin is ready firmly-established at his side to his side

Verse 12 יְהִי 𐤉𐤄𐤉 yehi let it be let him be/exist HVqi3ms רָעֵ֥ב 𐤓𐤏𐤁 raev hungry a hunger-bitten man HAamsa אֹנ֑/וֹ 𐤀𐤍/𐤅 ono his strength his vigor HNcmsc/Sp3ms וְ֝/אֵ֗יד 𐤅/𐤀𐤉𐤃 veeyd and calamity and crushing-ruin HC/Ncmsa נָכ֥וֹן 𐤍𐤊𐤅𐤍 nakhon is ready firmly-established HVNrmsa לְ/צַלְעֽ/וֹ 𐤋/𐤑𐤋𐤏/𐤅 letsaleo at his side to his side HR/Ncbsc/Sp3ms

it devours he shall eat the parts of separation-poles of his skin his light it devours he shall eat his parts its separate poles the firstborn of first-born of death death

Verse 13 יֹ֭אכַל 𐤉𐤀𐤊𐤋 yokhal it devours he shall eat HVqi3ms בַּדֵּ֣י 𐤁𐤃𐤉 badey the parts of separation-poles of HNcmpc עוֹר֑/וֹ 𐤏𐤅𐤓/𐤅 oro his skin his light HNcmsc/Sp3ms יֹאכַ֥ל 𐤉𐤀𐤊𐤋 yokhal-2 it devours he shall eat HVqi3ms בַּ֝דָּ֗י/ו 𐤁𐤃𐤉/𐤅 badayv his parts its separate poles HNcmpc/Sp3ms בְּכ֣וֹר 𐤁𐤊𐤅𐤓 bekhor the firstborn of first-born of HNcmsc מָֽוֶת 𐤌𐤅𐤕 mavet death death HNcmsa

he will be torn out he will be torn away from his tent from his tent-dwelling his security his place of trust and it marches him and she causes him to stride to the king to the king of terrors terrors

Verse 14 יִנָּתֵ֣ק 𐤉𐤍𐤕𐤒 yinateq he will be torn out he will be torn away HVNi3ms מֵ֭/אָהֳל/וֹ 𐤌/𐤀𐤄𐤋/𐤅 meaholo from his tent from his tent-dwelling HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms מִבְטַח֑/וֹ 𐤌𐤁𐤈𐤇/𐤅 mivetacho his security his place of trust HNcmsc/Sp3ms וְ֝/תַצְעִדֵ֗/הוּ 𐤅/𐤕𐤑𐤏𐤃/𐤄𐤅 vetatseidehu and it marches him and she causes him to stride HC/Vhi3fs/Sp3ms לְ/מֶ֣לֶךְ 𐤋/𐤌𐤋𐤊 lemelekhe to the king to the king HR/Ncmsc בַּלָּהֽוֹת 𐤁𐤋𐤄𐤅𐤕 balahot of terrors terrors HNcfpa

It dwells she will dwell in his tent in his tent-dwelling that which is none from lack of of his — is scattered he has thoroughly scattered over upon (up-over) his habitation his dwelling-place sulfur resin-brimstone

Verse 15 תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן 𐤕𐤔𐤊𐤅𐤍 tishekon It dwells she will dwell HVqi3fs בְּ֭/אָהֳל/וֹ 𐤁/𐤀𐤄𐤋/𐤅 beaholo in his tent in his tent-dwelling HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms מִ/בְּלִי 𐤌/𐤁𐤋𐤉 mibeli that which is none from lack of HR/Ncmsc ל֑/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo of his HR/Sp3ms יְזֹרֶ֖ה 𐤉𐤆𐤓𐤄 yezoreh is scattered he has thoroughly scattered HVPi3ms עַל 𐤏𐤋 al over upon (up-over) HR נָוֵ֣/הוּ 𐤍𐤅/𐤄𐤅 navehu his habitation his dwelling-place HNcbsc/Sp3ms גָפְרִֽית 𐤂𐤐𐤓𐤉𐤕 gaferit sulfur resin-brimstone HNcfsa

from beneath from beneath his roots his roots dry up they will dry up and from above and from up-above is cut off he will be cut off his branch his reaped-crop

Verse 16 מִ֭/תַּחַת 𐤌/𐤕𐤇𐤕 mitachat from beneath from beneath HR/R שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣י/ו 𐤔𐤓𐤔𐤉/𐤅 sharashayv his roots his roots HNcmpc/Sp3ms יִבָ֑שׁוּ 𐤉𐤁𐤔𐤅 yivashu dry up they will dry up HVqi3mp וּ֝/מִ/מַּ֗עַל 𐤅/𐤌/𐤌𐤏𐤋 umimaal and from above and from up-above HC/R/D יִמַּ֥ל 𐤉𐤌𐤋 yimal is cut off he will be cut off HVqi3ms קְצִירֽ/וֹ 𐤒𐤑𐤉𐤓/𐤅 qetsiro his branch his reaped-crop HNcmsc/Sp3ms

memory of him his remembrance perishes he has wandered-away and perished from from me the earth firm land and not and not name name (memorial-identity) for him — in upon (up-over) the face of faces the street outside—the separated space

Verse 17 זִֽכְר/וֹ 𐤆𐤊𐤓/𐤅 zikhero memory of him his remembrance HNcmsc/Sp3ms אָ֭בַד 𐤀𐤁𐤃 avad perishes he has wandered-away and perished HVqp3ms מִנִּי 𐤌𐤍𐤉 mini from from me HR אָ֑רֶץ 𐤀𐤓𐤑 arets the earth firm land HNcbsa וְ/לֹא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo and not and not HC/Tn שֵׁ֥ם 𐤔𐤌 shem name name (memorial-identity) HNcmsa ל֝֗/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo for him HR/Sp3ms עַל 𐤏𐤋 al in upon (up-over) HR פְּנֵי 𐤐𐤍𐤉 peney the face of faces HNcbpc חֽוּץ 𐤇𐤅𐤑 chuts the street outside—the separated space HNcmsa

they shall drive him they will thrust him away from light from light into toward darkness darkness and from the world and from the inhabited earth they shall chase him they will drive him away into wandering

Verse 18 יֶ֭הְדְּפֻ/הוּ 𐤉𐤄𐤃𐤐/𐤄𐤅 yehedefuhu they shall drive him they will thrust him away HVqi3mp/Sp3ms מֵ/א֣וֹר 𐤌/𐤀𐤅𐤓 meor from light from light HR/Ncbsa אֶל 𐤀𐤋 el into toward HR חֹ֑שֶׁךְ 𐤇𐤔𐤊 choshekhe Ubushiku (Bemba) darkness darkness HNcmsa וּֽ/מִ/תֵּבֵ֥ל 𐤅/𐤌/𐤕𐤁𐤋 umitevel and from the world and from the inhabited earth HC/R/Ncfsa יְנִדֻּֽ/הוּ 𐤉𐤍𐤃/𐤄𐤅 yeniduhu they shall chase him they will drive him away into wandering HVhi3mp/Sp3ms

no not offspring a progeny-son to him — nor and not posterity propagated descendant among his people among his own people and there is no and there-is-not survivor a surviving one in his dwellings in his sojournings

Verse 19 לֹ֘א 𐤋𐤀 lo no not HTn נִ֤ין 𐤍𐤉𐤍 nin offspring a progeny-son HNcmsa ל֣/וֹ 𐤋/𐤅 lo-2 to him HR/Sp3ms וְ/לֹא 𐤅/𐤋𐤀 velo nor and not HC/Tn נֶ֣כֶד 𐤍𐤊𐤃 nekhed posterity propagated descendant HNcmsa בְּ/עַמּ֑/וֹ 𐤁/𐤏𐤌/𐤅 beamo among his people among his own people HR/Ncmsc/Sp3ms וְ/אֵ֥ין 𐤅/𐤀𐤉𐤍 veeyn and there is no and there-is-not HC/Tn שָׂ֝רִ֗יד 𐤔𐤓𐤉𐤃 sarid survivor a surviving one HNcmsa בִּ/מְגוּרָֽי/ו 𐤁/𐤌𐤂𐤅𐤓𐤉/𐤅 bimegurayv in his dwellings in his sojournings HR/Ncmpc/Sp3ms

at upon (up-over) his day his hot-day are appalled they have been laid desolate those coming after hindmost ones and those coming before and the former ones seize they seized hold horror storm-tempest

Verse 20 עַל 𐤏𐤋 al at upon (up-over) HR י֭וֹמ/וֹ 𐤉𐤅𐤌/𐤅 yomo his day his hot-day HNcmsc/Sp3ms נָשַׁ֣מּוּ 𐤍𐤔𐤌𐤅 nashamu are appalled they have been laid desolate HVNp3cp אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים 𐤀𐤇𐤓𐤍𐤉𐤌 acharonim those coming after hindmost ones HAampa וְ֝/קַדְמֹנִ֗ים 𐤅/𐤒𐤃𐤌𐤍𐤉𐤌 veqademonim and those coming before and the former ones HC/Aampa אָ֣חֲזוּ 𐤀𐤇𐤆𐤅 achazu seize they seized hold HVqp3cp שָֽׂעַר 𐤔𐤏𐤓 saar horror storm-tempest HNcmsa

Surely surely, only these these (ones) dwellings dwelling-places of of the wicked indeed—but and this and this one (masculine singular) place standing-place of not not knows he has known God toward

Verse 21 אַךְ 𐤀𐤊 akhe Surely surely, only HTa אֵ֭לֶּה 𐤀𐤋𐤄 eleh these these (ones) HPdxcp מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת 𐤌𐤔𐤊𐤍𐤅𐤕 mishekenot dwellings dwelling-places of HNcmpc עַוָּ֑ל 𐤏𐤅𐤋 aval of the wicked indeed—but HNcmsa וְ֝/זֶ֗ה 𐤅/𐤆𐤄 vezeh and this and this one (masculine singular) HC/Pdxms מְק֣וֹם 𐤌𐤒𐤅𐤌 meqom place standing-place of HNcmsc לֹא 𐤋𐤀 lo not not HTn יָדַֽע 𐤉𐤃𐤏 yada knows he has known HVqp3ms אֵֽל 𐤀𐤋 el God toward HNcmsa

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