¹ויען בלדד השחי ויאמר׃

¹Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,

²עד אנה תשימון קנצי למלין תבינו ואחר נדבר׃

²How long will ye hunt for words? Consider, and afterwards we will speak.

³מדוע נחשבנו כבהמה נטמינו בעיניכם׃

³Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [And] are become unclean in your sight?

⁴טרף נפשו באפו הלמענך תעזב ארץ ויעתק צור ממקמו׃

⁴Thou that tearest thyself in thine anger, Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

⁵גם אור רשעים ידעך ולא יגה שביב אשו׃

⁵Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.

⁶אור חשך באהלו ונרו עליו ידעך׃

⁶The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.

⁷יצרו צעדי אונו ותשליכהו עצתו׃

⁷The steps of his strength shall be straitened, And his own counsel shall cast him down.

⁸כי שלח ברשת ברגליו ועל שבכה יתהלך׃

⁸For he is cast into a net by his own feet, And he walketh upon the toils.

⁹יאחז בעקב פח יחזק עליו צמים׃

⁹A gin shall take [him] by the heel, [And] a snare shall lay hold on him.

¹⁰טמון בארץ חבלו ומלכדתו עלי נתיב׃

¹⁰A noose is hid for him in the ground, And a trap for him in the way.

¹¹סביב בעתהו בלהות והפיצהו לרגליו׃

¹¹Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, And shall chase him at his heels.

¹²יהי רעב אנו ואיד נכון לצלעו׃

¹²His strength shall be hunger-bitten, And calamity shall be ready at his side.

¹³יאכל בדי עורו יאכל בדיו בכור מות׃

¹³The members of his body shall be devoured, [Yea], the first-born of death shall devour his members.

¹⁴ינתק מאהלו מבטחו ותצעדהו למלך בלהות׃

¹⁴He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.

¹⁵תשכון באהלו מבלי לו יזרה על נוהו גפרית׃

¹⁵There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.

¹⁶מתחת שרשיו יבשו וממעל ימל קצירו׃

¹⁶His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

¹⁷זכרו אבד מני ארץ ולא שם לו על פני חוץ׃

¹⁷His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.

¹⁸יהדפהו מאור אל חשך ומתבל ינדהו׃

¹⁸He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.

¹⁹לא נין לו ולא נכד בעמו ואין שריד במגוריו׃

¹⁹He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.

²⁰על יומו נשמו אחרנים וקדמנים אחזו שער׃

²⁰They that come after shall be astonished at his day, As they that went before were affrighted.

²¹אך אלה משכנות עול וזה מקום לא ידע אל׃

²¹Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous, And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.