Job 18
Svenska Folkbibeln
Bildads andra tal
18 Då tog Bildad från Sua till orda och sade:
2 Hur länge skall ni lägga snaror med ord?
Kom till förstånd, sedan kan vi tala.
3 Varför räknas vi som djur
och betraktas som dumma i era ögon?
4 Du som i vrede söndersliter din själ,
skall jorden bli öde för din skull
eller klippan flyttas från sin plats?
5 Sannerligen, den ogudaktiges ljus skall slockna
och lågan av hans eld inte ge något sken.
6 Ljuset i hans tält skall bli mörkt
och lampan slockna för honom.
7 Hans väldiga steg skall bli kortare,
hans egna rådslag fälla honom.
8 Hans fötter leder honom till nätet,
han vandrar mot snaran.
9 Snaran griper honom om hälen,
fällan håller honom fast.
10 Ett rep har dolts för honom på marken,
en fälla är lagd på stigen.
11 Skräck möter honom från alla håll,
och jagar honom i hälarna.
12 Olyckan hungrar efter honom,
hemsökelsen står redo att fälla honom.
13 Sjukdom äter upp hans hud,
dödens förstfödde uppslukar hans lemmar.
14 Han rycks bort från sitt trygga tält
och drivs i väg till fasornas kung.
15 I hans tält får främlingar bo,
svavel strös över hans boning.
16 Hans rötter förtorkas nertill,
hans grenar vissnar upptill.
17 Hans minne utplånas från jorden,
hans namn nämns inte på vägarna.
18 Han drivs från ljuset till mörkret
och jagas bort från världen.
19 Han blir utan barn och efterkommande i sitt folk,
ingen överlevande finns i hans hus.
20 De som bor i väst häpnar över hans ofärdsdag,
de som bor i öst skälver av fasa.
21 Ja, så går det den orättfärdiges hem,
så går det den plats där man ej känner Gud.
Job 18
New American Standard Bible
Bildad Speaks of the Wicked
18 Then Bildad the Shuhite responded,
2 “How long will you hunt for words?
Show understanding, and then we can talk.
3 Why are we (A)regarded as animals,
As stupid in your eyes?
4 [a]You who tear yourself in your anger—
Should the earth be abandoned for your sake,
Or the rock moved from its place?
5 “Indeed, the (B)light of the wicked goes out,
And the spark from his fire does not shine.
6 The light in his tent is (C)darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.
7 His [b]vigorous stride is shortened,
And his (D)own plan brings him down.
8 For he is (E)thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the webbing.
9 A snare seizes him by the heel,
And a trap snaps shut on him.
10 A noose for him is hidden in the ground,
And a trap for him on the pathway.
11 All around (F)sudden terrors frighten him,
And (G)harass him at every step.
12 His strength is (H)famished,
And disaster is ready at his side.
13 [c]It devours parts of his skin,
The firstborn of death (I)devours his [d]limbs.
14 He is (J)torn from [e]the security of his tent,
And [f]they march him before the king of (K)terrors.
15 [g]Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
(L)Brimstone is scattered on his home.
16 His (M)roots are dried below,
And his (N)branch withers above.
17 (O)The memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name abroad.
18 [h]He is driven from light (P)into darkness,
And (Q)chased from the inhabited world.
19 He has no (R)offspring or descendants among his people,
Nor any survivor where he resided.
20 Those in the west are appalled at (S)his [i]fate,
And those in the east are seized with horror.
21 Certainly these are the (T)dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
Footnotes
- Job 18:4 Lit The one who tears himself in his
- Job 18:7 Lit steps of his strength
- Job 18:13 Another reading is His skin is devoured by illness
- Job 18:13 Or parts
- Job 18:14 Lit his tent his trust
- Job 18:14 Lit you march or she marches
- Job 18:15 Another reading is Fire dwells in his tent
- Job 18:18 Lit They drive him...And chase him
- Job 18:20 Lit day
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