Job 18
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Job 18:11-21

11“Terrors suddenly pounce on him from every side and chase him every step he takes.

12Hunger undermines his strength. Disaster is waiting beside him.

13His skin is eaten away by disease. Death’s firstborn son eats away at the limbs of his body.

14He is dragged from the safety of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.

15Fire lives in his tent. Sulfur is scattered over his home.

16His roots dry up under him. His branches wither over him.

17All memory about him will vanish from the earth, and his reputation will not be known on the street corner.

18He will be driven from the light into the dark and chased out of the world.

19He will not have any children or descendants among his people or any survivor where he used to live.

20People in the west are shocked by what happens to him. People in the east are seized with horror.

21This is what happens to the homes of wicked people and to those who do not know God.”

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