¹Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

¹ויען בלדד השחי ויאמר׃

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

²עד אנה תשימון קנצי למלין תבינו ואחר נדבר׃

³Why are we counted as animals, which have become unclean in your sight?

³מדוע נחשבנו כבהמה נטמינו בעיניכם׃

⁴You who tear yourself in your anger, shall the earth be forsaken for you? Or shall the rock be removed out of its place?

⁴טרף נפשו באפו הלמענך תעזב ארץ ויעתק צור ממקמו׃

⁵“Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.

⁵גם אור רשעים ידעך ולא יגה שביב אשו׃

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

⁶אור חשך באהלו ונרו עליו ידעך׃

⁷The steps of his strength shall be shortened. His own counsel shall cast him down.

⁷יצרו צעדי אונו ותשליכהו עצתו׃

⁸For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he wanders into its mesh.

⁸כי שלח ברשת ברגליו ועל שבכה יתהלך׃

⁹A snare will take him by the heel. A trap will catch him.

⁹יאחז בעקב פח יחזק עליו צמים׃

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

¹⁰טמון בארץ חבלו ומלכדתו עלי נתיב׃

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

¹¹סביב בעתהו בלהות והפיצהו לרגליו׃

¹²His strength shall be famished. Calamity shall be ready at his side.

¹²יהי רעב אנו ואיד נכון לצלעו׃

¹³The members of his body shall be devoured. The firstborn of death shall devour his members.

¹³יאכל בדי עורו יאכל בדיו בכור מות׃

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

¹⁴ינתק מאהלו מבטחו ותצעדהו למלך בלהות׃

¹⁵There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur shall be scattered on his habitation.

¹⁵תשכון באהלו מבלי לו יזרה על נוהו גפרית׃

¹⁶His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.

¹⁶מתחת שרשיו יבשו וממעל ימל קצירו׃

¹⁷His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street.

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

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

¹⁸יהדפהו מאור אל חשך ומתבל ינדהו׃

¹⁹He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.

¹⁹לא נין לו ולא נכד בעמו ואין שריד במגוריו׃

²⁰Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.

²⁰על יומו נשמו אחרנים וקדמנים אחזו שער׃

²¹Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous. This is the place of him who doesn’t know God.”

²¹אך אלה משכנות עול וזה מקום לא ידע אל׃