18:1 Respondens autem Baldad Suhites, dixit :
18:1 Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:
18:2 Usque ad quem finem verba jactabitis ? intelligite prius, et sic loquamur.
18:2 How long will you throw out words? understand first, and so let us speak.
18:3 Quare reputati sumus ut jumenta, et sorduimus coram vobis ?
18:3 Why are we reputed as beasts, and counted vile before you?
18:4 Qui perdis animam tuam in furore tuo, numquid propter te derelinquetur terra, et transferentur rupes de loco suo ?
18:4 Thou that destroyest thy soul in thy fury, shall the earth be forsaken for thee, and shall rocks be removed out of their place?
18:5 Nonne lux impii extinguetur, nec splendebit flamma ignis ejus ?
18:5 Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
18:6 Lux obtenebrescet in tabernaculo illius, et lucerna quæ super eum est extinguetur.
18:6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
18:7 Arctabuntur gressus virtutis ejus, et præcipitabit eum consilium suum.
18:7 The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.
18:8 Immisit enim in rete pedes suos, et in maculis ejus ambulat.
18:8 For he hath thrust his feet into a net, and walketh in its meshes.
18:9 Tenebitur planta illius laqueo, et exardescet contra eum sitis.
18:9 The sole of his foot shall be held in a snare, and thirst shall burn against him.
18:10 Abscondita est in terra pedica ejus, et decipula illius super semitam.
18:10 A gin is hidden for him in the earth, and his trap upon the path.
18:11 Undique terrebunt eum formidines, et involvent pedes ejus.
18:11 Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.
18:12 Attenuetur fame robur ejus, et inedia invadat costas illius.
18:12 Let his strength be wasted with famine, and let hunger invade his ribs.
18:13 Devoret pulchritudinem cutis ejus ; consumat brachia illius primogenita mors.
18:13 Let it devour the beauty of his skin, let the firstborn death consume his arms.
18:14 Avellatur de tabernaculo suo fiducia ejus, et calcet super eum, quasi rex, interitus.
18:14 Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.
18:15 Habitent in tabernaculo illius socii ejus qui non est ; aspergatur in tabernaculo ejus sulphur.
18:15 Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent.
18:16 Deorsum radices ejus siccentur : sursum autem atteratur messis ejus.
18:16 Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.
18:17 Memoria illius pereat de terra, et non celebretur nomen ejus in plateis.
18:17 Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be renowned in the streets.
18:18 Expellet eum de luce in tenebras, et de orbe transferet eum.
18:18 He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.
18:19 Non erit semen ejus, neque progenies in populo suo, nec ullæ reliquiæ in regionibus ejus.
18:19 His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.
18:20 In die ejus stupebunt novissimi, et primos invadet horror.
18:20 They that come after him shall be astonished at his day, and horror shall fall upon them that went before.
18:21 Hæc sunt ergo tabernacula iniqui, et iste locus ejus qui ignorat Deum.
18:21 These then are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.