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1 Then Bildad the Shuhite answered,

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Hebrew interlinear — Job 18:1–21 (143 words)
1
  1. וַ֭יַּעַןwayyaʿan`anah: (properly) to eye; (generally) to heed, i.e. pay attentionH6030
  2. בִּלְדַּ֥דbildadBildad: Bildad, one of Job's friendsH1085
  3. הַשֻּׁחִ֗יhaššuḥîShuchiy: a Shuchite or descendant of ShuachH7747
  4. וַיֹּאמַֽר׃wayyōʾmaramar: to say (used with great latitude)H559
2
  1. עַדʿad`ad: (properly) a (peremptory) terminusH5704
  2. אָ֤נָה׀ʾānâan: where?; (hence) whither?, when?H575
  3. תְּשִׂימ֣וּןtĕśîmûnsuwm: to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)H7760
  4. קִנְצֵ֣יqinṣêqenets: perversionH7078
  5. לְמִלִּ֑יןlĕmillînmillah: a word; collectively, a discourseH4405
  6. תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּtābînûbiyn: to separate mentally (or distinguish); (generally) understandH995
  7. וְאַחַ֥רwĕʾaḥarachar: (properly) the hind part; (generally, as adverb or conjunction) after (in various senses)H310
  8. נְדַבֵּֽר׃nĕdabbērdabar: perhaps properly, to arrange; but used figuratively (of words), to speakH1696
3
  1. מַ֭דּוּעַmaddûaʿmadduwa`: what (is) known?; (by implication, adverbially) why?H4069
  2. נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּneḥšabnûchashab: (properly) to plait or interpenetrate, i.e. (literally) to weave or (gen.) to fabricateH2803
  3. כַבְּהֵמָ֑הkabbĕhēmâbhemah: (properly) a dumb beast; especially any large quadruped or animal (often collective)H929
  4. נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּniṭmînûtamah: to be impure in a religious senseH2933
  5. בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃bĕʿênêkem`ayin: an eye (literally or figuratively); by analogy, a fountain (as the eye of the landscape)H5869
4
  1. טֹֽרֵ֥ףṭōrēptaraph: to pluck off or pull to pieces; causatively to supply with food (as in morsels)H2963
  2. נַפְשׁ֗וֹnapšônephesh: (properly) a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitalityH5315
  3. בְּאַ֫פּ֥וֹbĕʾappôaph: (properly) the nose or nostril; (hence) the face, and occasionally a personH639
  4. הַֽ֭לְמַעַנְךָhalmaʿankāma`an: (properly) heed, i.e. purposeH4616
  5. תֵּעָ֣זַבtēʿāzab`azab: to loosen, i.e. relinquish, permit, etcH5800
  6. אָ֑רֶץʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  7. וְיֶעְתַּקwĕyeʿtaq`athaq: to remove (intransitive or transitive) figuratively, to grow oldH6275
  8. צ֝֗וּרṣûrtsuwr: (properly) a cliff (or sharp rock, as compressed)H6697
  9. מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃mimmĕqōmômaqowm: (properly) a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific)H4725
5
  1. גַּ֤םgamgam: (properly) assemblage; used only adverbially also, even, yea, thoughH1571
  2. א֣וֹרʾôrowr: illumination; (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)H216
  3. רְשָׁעִ֣יםrĕšāʿîmrasha`: morally wrong; (concretely) an (actively) bad personH7563
  4. יִדְעָ֑ךְyidʿākda`ak: to be extinguished; (figuratively) to expire or be dried upH1846
  5. וְלֹֽאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  6. יִ֝גַּ֗הּyiggahnagahh: to glitter; causatively, to illuminateH5050
  7. שְׁבִ֣יבšĕbîbshabiyb: flame (as split into tongues)H7632
  8. אִשּֽׁוֹ׃ʾiššôesh: fire (literally or figuratively)H784
6
  1. א֭וֹרʾôrowr: illumination; (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)H216
  2. חָשַׁ֣ךְḥāšakchashak: to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darkenH2821
  3. בְּאָהֳל֑וֹbĕʾāhŏlôohel: a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)H168
  4. וְ֝נֵר֗וֹwĕnērôniyr: H5135) properly, meaning to glisten; a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)H5216
  5. עָלָ֥יוʿālāyw`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  6. יִדְעָֽךְ׃yidʿākda`ak: to be extinguished; (figuratively) to expire or be dried upH1846
7
  1. יֵֽ֭צְרוּyēṣĕrûyatsar: to press (intransitive), i.e. be narrow; (figuratively) be in distressH3334
  2. צַעֲדֵ֣יṣaʿădêtsa`ad: a pace or regular stepH6806
  3. אוֹנ֑וֹʾônôown: ability, power, (figuratively) wealthH202
  4. וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּwĕtašlîkēhûshalak: to throw out, down or away (literally or figuratively)H7993
  5. עֲצָתֽוֹ׃ʿăṣātô`etsah: advice; (by implication) planH6098
8
  1. כִּֽיkîkiy: (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below)H3588
  2. שֻׁלַּ֣חšullaḥshalach: to send away, for, or out (in a great variety of applications)H7971
  3. בְּרֶ֣שֶׁתbĕrešetresheth: a net (as catching animals)H7568
  4. בְּרַגְלָ֑יוbĕraglāywregel: a foot (as used in walking); (by implication) a stepH7272
  5. וְעַלwĕʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  6. שְׂ֝בָכָ֗הśĕbākâsbakah: a net-work, i.e (in hunting) a snare, (in architecture) a ballustradeH7639
  7. יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃yithallākhalak: a primitive root; to walk (in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively)H1980
9
  1. יֹאחֵ֣זyōʾḥēzachaz: to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)H270
  2. בְּעָקֵ֣בbĕʿāqēb`aqeb: a heel (as protuberant); (hence) a trackH6119
  3. פָּ֑חpāḥpach: a (metallic) sheet (as pounded thin); also a spring net (as spread out like a lamina)H6341
  4. יַחֲזֵ֖קyaḥăzēqchazaq: to fasten uponH2388
  5. עָלָ֣יוʿālāyw`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  6. צַמִּֽים׃ṣammîmtsammiym: a noose (as fastening); (figuratively) destructionH6782
10
  1. טָמ֣וּןṭāmûntaman: to hide (by covering over)H2934
  2. בָּאָ֣רֶץbāʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  3. חַבְל֑וֹḥablôchebel: a rope (as twisted), especially a measuring lineH2256
  4. וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹûmalkudtômalkodeth: a snareH4434
  5. עֲלֵ֣יʿălê`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  6. נָתִֽיב׃nātîbnathiyb: a (beaten) trackH5410
11
  1. סָ֭בִיבsābîbcabiyb: (as noun) a circle, neighbour, or environsH5439
  2. בִּֽעֲתֻ֣הוּbiʿătuhûba`ath: to fearH1204
  3. בַלָּה֑וֹתballāhôtballahah: alarm; (hence) destructionH1091
  4. וֶהֱפִיצֻ֥הוּwehĕpîṣuhûpuwts: to dash in pieces, literally or figuratively (especially to disperse)H6327
  5. לְרַגְלָֽיו׃lĕraglāywregel: a foot (as used in walking); (by implication) a stepH7272
12
  1. יְהִיyĕhîhayah: to exist; to be or becomeH1961
  2. רָעֵ֥בrāʿēbra`eb: hungry (more or less intensely)H7457
  3. אֹנ֑וֹʾōnôown: ability, power, (figuratively) wealthH202
  4. וְ֝אֵ֗ידwĕʾêdeyd: oppression; (by implication) misfortune, ruinH343
  5. נָכ֥וֹןnākônkuwn: (properly) to be erect (i.e. stand perpendicular)H3559
  6. לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃lĕṣalʿôtsela`: a rib (as curved), literally (of the body) or figuratively (of a door, i.e. leaf)H6763
13
  1. יֹ֭אכַלyōʾkalakal: to eat (literally or figuratively)H398
  2. בַּדֵּ֣יbaddêbad: (properly) separation; (by implication) a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carryingH905
  3. עוֹר֑וֹʿôrô`owr: skin (as naked); (by implication) hide, leatherH5785
  4. יֹאכַ֥לyōʾkalakal: to eat (literally or figuratively)H398
  5. בַּ֝דָּ֗יוbaddāywbad: (properly) separation; (by implication) a part of the body, branch of a tree, bar for carryingH905
  6. בְּכ֣וֹרbĕkôrbkowr: firstborn; (hence) chiefH1060
  7. מָֽוֶת׃māwetmaveth: death (natural or violent); (concretely) the dead, their place or state (hades)H4194
14
  1. יִנָּתֵ֣קyinnātēqnathaq: to tear offH5423
  2. מֵ֭אָהֳלוֹmēʾāhŏlôohel: a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)H168
  3. מִבְטַח֑וֹmibṭaḥômibtach: (properly) a refuge, i.e. (objective) security, or (subjective) assuranceH4009
  4. וְ֝תַצְעִדֵ֗הוּwĕtaṣʿidēhûtsa`ad: to pace, i.e. step regularly; (upward) to mountH6805
  5. לְמֶ֣לֶךְlĕmelekmelek: a kingH4428
  6. בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃ballāhôtballahah: alarm; (hence) destructionH1091
15
  1. תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹןtiškônshakan: to reside or permanently stay (literally or figuratively)H7931
  2. בְּ֭אָהֳלוֹbĕʾāhŏlôohel: a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)H168
  3. מִבְּלִיmibbĕlîbliy: (properly) failure; nothing or destructionH1097
  4. ל֑וֹlô
  5. יְזֹרֶ֖הyĕzōrezarah: to toss about; (by implication) to diffuse, winnowH2219
  6. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  7. נָוֵ֣הוּnāwēhûnaveh: (adjectively) at home; (by implication of satisfaction) lovelyH5116
  8. גָפְרִֽית׃goprîtgophriyth: (properly) cypress- resin; by analogy, sulphur (as equally inflammable)H1614
16
  1. מִ֭תַּחַתmittaḥattachath: the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially, below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of...H8478
  2. שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יוšārāšāywsheresh: a root (literally or figuratively)H8328
  3. יִבָ֑שׁוּyibāšûyabesh: to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)H3001
  4. וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַלûmimmaʿalma`al: (properly) the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etcH4605
  5. יִמַּ֥לyimmalnamal: to become clipped or (specifically) circumcisedH5243
  6. קְצִירֽוֹ׃qĕṣîrôqatsiyr: severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figurativelyH7105
17
  1. זִֽכְרוֹzikĕrôzeker: a memento, abstr. recollection (rarely if ever)H2143
  2. אָ֭בַדʾābadabad: (properly) to wander away, i.e. lose oneselfH6
  3. מִנִּיminnîmin: (properly) a part of; (hence, prepositionally) from or out of (in many senses)H4480
  4. אָ֑רֶץʾāreṣerets: the earth (at large, or partitively a land)H776
  5. וְלֹאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  6. שֵׁ֥םšēmshem: an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individualityH8034
  7. ל֝֗וֹlô
  8. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  9. פְּנֵיpĕnêpaniym: the face (as the part that turns); (with prepositional prefix, as a preposition) before, etc.H6440
  10. חֽוּץ׃ḥûṣchuwts: (properly) separate by a wall, i.e. outside, outdoorsH2351
18
  1. יֶ֭הְדְּפֻהוּyehdĕpuhûHadaph: to push away or downH1920
  2. מֵא֣וֹרmēʾôrowr: illumination; (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)H216
  3. אֶלʾelel: (properly) denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e. near, with or amongH413
  4. חֹ֑שֶׁךְḥōšekchoshek: the dark; hence (literally) darknessH2822
  5. וּֽמִתֵּבֵ֥לûmittēbēltebel: the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited)H8398
  6. יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃yĕnidduhûnadad: (properly) to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down)H5074
19
  1. לֹ֘אlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  2. נִ֤יןnînniyn: progenyH5209
  3. ל֣וֹlô
  4. וְלֹאwĕlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  5. נֶ֣כֶדnekedneked: offspringH5220
  6. בְּעַמּ֑וֹbĕʿammô`am: a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel)H5971
  7. וְאֵ֥יןwĕʾênayin: a non-entity; (generally) used as a negative particleH369
  8. שָׂ֝רִ֗ידśārîdsariyd: a survivorH8300
  9. בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃bimgûrāywmaguwr: a temporary abode; by extension, a permanent residenceH4033
20
  1. עַלʿal`al: above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of...H5921
  2. י֭וֹמוֹyômôyowm: a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or...H3117
  3. נָשַׁ֣מּוּnāšammûshamem: to stun (or intransitively, grow numb), i.e. devastate or (figuratively) stupefy (both usually in a passive...H8074
  4. אַחֲרֹנִ֑יםʾaḥărōnîmacharown: hinder; (generally) late or lastH314
  5. וְ֝קַדְמֹנִ֗יםwĕqadmōnîmqadmowniy: (of time) anterior or (of place) orientalH6931
  6. אָ֣חֲזוּʾāḥăzûachaz: to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)H270
  7. שָֽׂעַר׃śāʿarsa`ar: a tempest; also a terrorH8178
21
  1. אַךְʾakak: a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) onlyH389
  2. אֵ֭לֶּהʾēlleel-leh: these or thoseH428
  3. מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹתmiškĕnôtmishkan: a residence (including a shepherd's hut, the lair of animals, figuratively, the graveH4908
  4. עַוָּ֑לʿawwāl`avval: evil (morally)H5767
  5. וְ֝זֶ֗הwĕzezeh: the masculine demonstrative pronoun, this or thatH2088
  6. מְק֣וֹםmĕqômmaqowm: (properly) a standing, i.e. a spot; but used widely of a locality (general or specific)H4725
  7. לֹאlōʾlo': (the simple or absolute negation) not; (by implication) noH3808
  8. יָדַֽעyādaʿyada`: to know; (properly) to ascertain by seeingH3045
  9. אֵֽל׃ʾēlel: strength; (as adjective) mightyH410

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Strong's words in Job 18 (6)
Strong's H168 — בְּאָהֳל֑וֹ (bĕʾāhŏlô)
ohel (o'-hel) n-m. 1. a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance) [from H166] KJV: covering, (dwelling)(place), home, tabernacle, tent. Root(s): H166. Appears 3 times in Job 18.
Strong's H216 — א֣וֹר (ʾôr)
owr (ore) n-f. 1. illumination 2. (concretely) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) [from H215] KJV: bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun. Root(s): H215. Appears 3 times in Job 18.
Strong's H776 — אָ֑רֶץ (ʾāreṣ)
erets (eh'-rets) n-f. 1. the earth (at large, or partitively a land) [from an unused root probably meaning to be firm] KJV: X common, country, earth, field, ground, land, X natins, way, + wilderness, world.. Appears 3 times in Job 18.
Strong's H1091 — בַלָּה֑וֹת (ballāhôt)
ballahah (bal-law-haw') n-f. 1. alarm 2. (hence) destruction [from H1089] KJV: terror, trouble. Root(s): H1089. Appears 2 times in Job 18.
Strong's H1846 — יִדְעָ֑ךְ (yidʿāk)
da`ak (daw-ak') v. 1. to be extinguished 2. (figuratively) to expire or be dried up [a primitive root] KJV: be extinct, consumed, put out, quenched.. Appears 2 times in Job 18.
Strong's H202 — אוֹנ֑וֹ (ʾônô)
own (one) n-m. 1. ability, power, (figuratively) wealth [probably from the same as H205 (in the sense of effort, but successful)] KJV: force, goods, might, strength, substance. Root(s): H205. Appears 2 times in Job 18.

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