Job 18:5-21

Christian Standard Bible

⁵ Yes, the light^(A) of the wicked^(B) is extinguished;
the flame of his fire does not glow.
⁶ The light in his tent grows dark,^(C)
and the lamp beside him is put out.

⁷ His powerful stride is shortened,
and his own schemes trip him up.^(D)
8 For his own feet lead him into a net,
and he strays into its mesh.
⁹ A trap catches him by the heel;
a noose seizes him.
¹⁰ A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,
and a snare waits for him along the path.
¹¹ Terrors frighten him on every side^(E)
and harass him at every step.
¹² His strength is depleted;
disaster lies ready for him to stumble.^[a]

¹³ Parts of his skin are eaten away;
death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.
¹⁴ He is ripped from the security of his tent
and marched away to the king of terrors.
¹⁵ Nothing he owned remains in his tent.
Burning sulfur^(F) is scattered over his home.
¹⁶ His roots below dry up,
and his branches above wither away.^(G)
17 All memory^(H) of him perishes from the earth;
he has no name anywhere.^[b]
18 He is driven from light to darkness
and chased from the inhabited world.
¹⁹ He has no children or descendants among his people,
no survivor where he used to live.^(I)
20 Those in the west are appalled^(J) at his fate,
while those in the east tremble in horror.

²¹ Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man,
and this is the place of the one who does not know God.^(K)