18:1 respondens autem Baldad Suites dixit

18:1 Then Baldad the Suhite answered, and said:

18:2 usque ad quem finem verba iactabitis intellegite 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 iumenta 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 eius

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 quae 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 artabuntur gressus virtutis eius et praecipitabit eum consilium suum

18:7 The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.

18:8 inmisit enim in rete pedes suos et in maculis eius 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 eius 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 eius

18:11 Fears shall terrify him on every side, and shall entangle his feet.

18:12 adtenuetur fame robur eius 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 eius 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 eius 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 eius qui non est aspergatur in tabernaculo eius 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 eius siccentur sursum autem adteratur messis eius

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 eius 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 eius neque progenies in populo suo nec ullae reliquiae in regionibus eius

18:19 His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country.

18:20 in die eius 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 haec sunt ergo tabernacula iniqui et iste locus eius qui ignorat Deum

18:21 These then are the tabernacles of the wicked, and this the place of him that knoweth not God.