Job 18

Tree of Life Version

² “How long until you end these words?
    Consider, and then we will talk.
³ Why are we regarded as beasts,
    and stupid in your eyes?
⁴ You, who tear yourself to pieces in anger,
    will the earth be abandoned for your sake?
    Or must a rock be moved from its place?
⁵ Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out;
    the flame of his fire does not shine.
⁶ The light in his tent grows dark;
    the lamp above him goes out.
⁷ His vigorous stride is shortened,
    and his own scheme throws him down.
⁸ For he is cast into a net by his feet;
    he wanders into its mesh.
⁹ A trap seizes him by the heel;
    a snare holds him fast.
¹⁰ A rope is hidden for him on the ground,
    and a trap for him lies on the path.
¹¹ On every side terrors frighten him
    and harass his every step.
¹² Calamity is hungry for him;
    disaster is ready for his fall.
¹³ It eats away pieces of his skin;
    death’s firstborn devours his limbs.
¹⁴ He is torn from the security of his tent,
    and marched off to the king of terrors.
¹⁵ Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
    brimstone is scattered over his dwelling.
¹⁶ Below his roots dry up,
    and above his branches wither.
¹⁷ His memory perishes from the earth
    and he has no name in the land.
¹⁸ He is driven from light into darkness
    and is banished from the world.
¹⁹ He has no offspring or descendant among his people,
    no survivor where he once dwelt.
²⁰ People of the west are appalled at his fate;
    people of the east are seized with horror.
²¹ Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked;
    such is the place of one who does not know God.”