## Job Chapter 18

###### Job 18:1
[Job 18:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:1)

וַ֭יַּעַן בִּלְדַּ֥ד הַשֻּׁחִ֗י וַיֹּאמַֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Then answered Bildad the Shuĥite, and said,

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Then Bildad the Shuchite raised his voice and said:


###### Job 18:2
[Job 18:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:2)

עַד־אָ֤נָה**׀** תְּשִׂימ֣וּן קִנְצֵ֣י לְמִלִּ֑ין תָּ֝בִ֗ינוּ וְאַחַ֥ר נְדַבֵּֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
How long will you make a perversion of words? consider, and afterwards we will speak.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
How long will you [(the friends)] put an end to words? [i.e., How long will you interrupt the words of Iyyov?]


###### Job 18:3
[Job 18:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:3)

מַ֭דּוּעַ נֶחְשַׁ֣בְנוּ כַבְּהֵמָ֑ה נִ֝טְמִ֗ינוּ בְּעֵינֵיכֶֽם׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Why are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Why should we be looked upon as beasts? We are obtuse in your eyes.


###### Job 18:4
[Job 18:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:4)

טֹרֵ֥ף נַפְשׁ֗וֹ בְּאַ֫פּ֥וֹ הַֽ֭לְמַעַנְךָ תֵּעָ֣זַב אָ֑רֶץ וְיֶעְתַּק־צ֝֗וּר מִמְּקֹמֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He tears himself in his anger. Shall the earth be forsaken for thee? or shall the rock be removed out of his place?

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[You Iyyov,] who tears his spirit in his anger, shall the [ordinance of the] earth be abandoned for your sake, and the Rock be removed from His place [i.e., from His ordinance]?


###### Job 18:5
[Job 18:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:5)

גַּ֤ם א֣וֹר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָ֑ךְ וְלֹא־יִ֝גַּ֗הּ שְׁבִ֣יב אִשּֽׁוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Verily, the light of the wicked will dart away, and the spark of his fire will not light.


###### Job 18:6
[Job 18:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:6)

א֭וֹר חָשַׁ֣ךְ בְּאׇהֳל֑וֹ וְ֝נֵר֗וֹ עָלָ֥יו יִדְעָֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The light shall be dark in his tent, and his candle over him shall be put out.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The light of his tent will grow dark, and the light of his lamp will dart away.


###### Job 18:7
[Job 18:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:7)

יֵ֭צְרוּ צַעֲדֵ֣י אוֹנ֑וֹ וְֽתַשְׁלִיכֵ֥הוּ עֲצָתֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The steps of his might will be constricted, and his counsel will cast him away.


###### Job 18:8
[Job 18:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:8)

כִּֽי־שֻׁלַּ֣ח בְּרֶ֣שֶׁת בְּרַגְלָ֑יו וְעַל־שְׂ֝בָכָ֗ה יִתְהַלָּֽךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walks on a pitfall.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
For he will be sent into the net with his [own] feet, and he will walk upon the lattice-work [i.e., the net].


###### Job 18:9
[Job 18:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:9)

יֹאחֵ֣ז בְּעָקֵ֣ב פָּ֑ח יַחֲזֵ֖ק עָלָ֣יו צַמִּֽים׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The trap shall take him by the heel, and the snare shall prevail against him.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The trap will hold him by the heel, and thirst will grow upon him.


###### Job 18:10
[Job 18:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:10)

טָמ֣וּן בָּאָ֣רֶץ חַבְל֑וֹ וּ֝מַלְכֻּדְתּ֗וֹ עֲלֵ֣י נָתִֽיב׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The noose is laid for him in the ground, and a trap for him in the way.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His rope [i.e., the rope which will snare him] is hidden in the ground; his trap lies upon the path.


###### Job 18:11
[Job 18:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:11)

סָ֭בִיב בִּעֲתֻ֣הוּ בַלָּה֑וֹת וֶהֱפִיצֻ֥הוּ לְרַגְלָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall chase him at his heels:

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Around him, demons affright him, and they beat him [down] to his feet.


###### Job 18:12
[Job 18:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:12)

יְהִי־רָעֵ֥ב אֹנ֑וֹ וְ֝אֵ֗יד נָכ֥וֹן לְצַלְעֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
his first born shall he plagued with hunger, and his wife beset with calamity.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His son will hunger and calamity awaits his wife.


###### Job 18:13
[Job 18:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:13)

יֹ֭אכַל בַּדֵּ֣י עוֹר֑וֹ יֹאכַ֥ל בַּ֝דָּ֗יו בְּכ֣וֹר מָֽוֶת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He will devour the limbs of his skin: the firstborn doomed to die will devour his own limbs.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He will consume the branches of his skin [(his other sons and daughters)]. The prince of death will consume his branches.


###### Job 18:14
[Job 18:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:14)

יִנָּתֵ֣ק מֵ֭אׇהֳלוֹ מִבְטַח֑וֹ וְ֝תַצְעִדֵ֗הוּ לְמֶ֣לֶךְ בַּלָּהֽוֹת׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He shall be cut off from the tent of his security; and shall he brought to the king of terrors.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
He will be cut off from his tent [i.e., his wife], who trusts to him, and she will dispatch him to the king of the demons.


###### Job 18:15
[Job 18:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:15)

תִּשְׁכּ֣וֹן בְּ֭אׇהֳלוֹ מִבְּלִיל֑וֹ יְזֹרֶ֖ה עַל־נָוֵ֣הוּ גׇפְרִֽית׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
In his tent dwells that which is none of his: brimstone is scattered on his habitation.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
She will live in his tent [(a widow)] without him, [and, in the end,] his habitation will be overspread with brimstone.


###### Job 18:16
[Job 18:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:16)

מִ֭תַּחַת שׇׁרָשָׁ֣יו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל יִמַּ֥ל קְצִירֽוֹ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
Beneath, his roots [i.e., what took root] will dry up, and above, his boughs will be cut away [(without his deriving any benefit from them)].


###### Job 18:17
[Job 18:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:17)

זִֽכְרוֹ־אָ֭בַד מִנִּי־אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁ֥ם ל֝֗וֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חֽוּץ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
His remembrance will vanish from the land; he will have no name in the thoroughfares.


###### Job 18:18
[Job 18:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:18)

יֶ֭הְדְּפֻהוּ מֵא֣וֹר אֶל־חֹ֑שֶׁךְ וּֽמִתֵּבֵ֥ל יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
[(From heaven)] they will thrust him from light into darkness, and they will remove him from the world.


###### Job 18:19
[Job 18:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:19)

לֹ֘א־נִ֤ין ל֣וֹ וְלֹא־נֶ֣כֶד בְּעַמּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֥ין שָׂ֝רִ֗יד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
He shall have neither son nor offspring among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
There will remain to him neither a son nor a grandson among his people, and no trace [of him will remain] in his dwelling places.


###### Job 18:20
[Job 18:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:20)

עַל־י֭וֹמוֹ נָשַׁ֣מּוּ אַחֲרֹנִ֑ים וְ֝קַדְמֹנִ֗ים אָ֣חֲזוּ שָֽׂעַר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
They who come after him shall be astonished at his day, as they who went before were affrighted.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
The later ones will be astounded at his day [(of destruction)], and the early ones [(who knew him previously)] will be seized [as with] a tempest.


###### Job 18:21
[Job 18:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Job/r/18:21)

אַךְ־אֵ֭לֶּה מִשְׁכְּנ֣וֹת עַוָּ֑ל וְ֝זֶ֗ה מְק֣וֹם לֹֽא־יָדַֽע־אֵֽל׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, and this is the place of him who knows not God.

**The Rashi Ketuvim by Rabbi Shraga Silverstein:**
This alone [is the lot of] the abodes of iniquity, and this [is the lot of] the place that G d did not know [i.e., that He rejected].