Job 18:5-21
New American Standard Bible
5 “Indeed, the (A)light of the wicked goes out,
And the spark from his fire does not shine.
6 The light in his tent is (B)darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.
7 His [a]vigorous stride is shortened,
And his (C)own plan brings him down.
8 For he is (D)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 (E)sudden terrors frighten him,
And (F)harass him at every step.
12 His strength is (G)famished,
And disaster is ready at his side.
13 [b]It devours parts of his skin,
The firstborn of death (H)devours his [c]limbs.
14 He is (I)torn from [d]the security of his tent,
And [e]they march him before the king of (J)terrors.
15 [f]Nothing of his dwells in his tent;
(K)Brimstone is scattered on his home.
16 His (L)roots are dried below,
And his (M)branch withers above.
17 (N)The memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name abroad.
18 [g]He is driven from light (O)into darkness,
And (P)chased from the inhabited world.
19 He has no (Q)offspring or descendants among his people,
Nor any survivor where he resided.
20 Those in the west are appalled at (R)his [h]fate,
And those in the east are seized with horror.
21 Certainly these are the (S)dwellings of the wicked,
And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
Footnotes
- 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
Job 18:5-21
American Standard Version
5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out,
And the [a]spark of his fire shall not shine.
6 The light shall be dark in his tent,
And his lamp [b]above him shall be put out.
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened,
And his own counsel shall cast him down.
8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet,
And he walketh upon the toils.
9 A gin shall take him by the heel,
And a snare shall lay hold on him.
10 A noose is hid for him in the ground,
And a trap for him in the way.
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side,
And shall chase him at his heels.
12 His strength shall be hunger-bitten,
And calamity shall be ready [c]at his side.
13 The [d]members of his body shall be devoured,
Yea, the first-born of death shall devour his members.
14 He shall be rooted out of his tent wherein he trusteth;
And [e]he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
15 [f]There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his:
Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16 His roots shall be dried up beneath,
And above shall his branch [g]be cut off.
17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth,
And he shall have no name in the street.
18 He shall be driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.
19 He shall have neither son nor son’s son among his people,
Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
20 [h]They that come after shall be astonished at his day,
As they that went before [i]were affrighted.
21 Surely such are the dwellings of the unrighteous,
And this is the place of him that knoweth not God.
Footnotes
- Job 18:5 Or, flame
- Job 18:6 Or, beside
- Job 18:12 Or, for his halting
- Job 18:13 Hebrew bars of his skin.
- Job 18:14 Hebrew it shall (or thou shalt) bring him.
- Job 18:15 Or, It shall dwell in his tent, that it be no more his (or, because it is none of his)
- Job 18:16 Or, wither
- Job 18:20 Or, They that dwell in the west are . . . as they that well in the east are etc.
- Job 18:20 Hebrew laid hold on horror.
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