New American Standard Bible 1995
Job 18:5-21
5“Indeed, the 1light of the wicked goes out, And the 2flame of his fire gives no light.6The light in his tent is 3darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.7His 4vigorous stride is shortened, And his 5own scheme brings him down.8For he is 6thrown into the net by his own feet, And he steps on the webbing.9A snare seizes him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him.10A noose for him is hidden in the ground, And a trap for him on the path.11All around 7terrors frighten him, And 8harry him at every step.12His strength is 9famished, And calamity is ready at his side.1310His skin is devoured by disease, The firstborn of death 11devours his 12limbs.14He is 13torn from 14the security of his tent, And 15they march him before the king of 16terrors.1517There dwells in his tent nothing of his; 18Brimstone is scattered on his habitation.16His 19roots are dried below, And his 20branch is cut off above.1721Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad.1822He is driven from light 23into darkness, And 24chased from the inhabited world.19He has no 25offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned.20Those 26in the west are appalled at 27his 28fate, And those 29in the east are seized with horror.21Surely such are the 30dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God.”
Notes
- 1. Job 18:5 Job 21:17; Prov 13:9; 20:20; 24:20 ↩
- 2. Job 18:5 Lit spark ↩
- 3. Job 18:6 Job 12:25 ↩
- 4. Job 18:7 Lit steps of his strength ↩
- 5. Job 18:7 Job 15:6 ↩
- 6. Job 18:8 Job 22:10; Ps 9:15; 35:8; Is 24:17, 18 ↩
- 7. Job 18:11 Job 15:21 ↩
- 8. Job 18:11 Job 18:18; 20:8 ↩
- 9. Job 18:12 Is 8:21 ↩
- 10. Job 18:13 Heb It eats parts of his skin ↩
- 11. Job 18:13 Zech 14:12 ↩
- 12. Job 18:13 Or parts ↩
- 13. Job 18:14 Job 8:22; 18:6 ↩
- 14. Job 18:14 Lit his tent his trust ↩
- 15. Job 18:14 Or you or she shall march ↩
- 16. Job 18:14 Job 15:21 ↩
- 17. Job 18:15 A suggested reading is Fire dwells in his tent ↩
- 18. Job 18:15 Ps 11:6 ↩
- 19. Job 18:16 Is 5:24; Hos 9:16; Amos 2:9; Mal 4:1 ↩
- 20. Job 18:16 Job 15:30, 32 ↩
- 21. Job 18:17 Job 24:20; Ps 34:16; Prov 10:7 ↩
- 22. Job 18:18 Lit They drive him...And chase him ↩
- 23. Job 18:18 Job 5:14; Is 8:22 ↩
- 24. Job 18:18 Job 20:8; 27:21-23 ↩
- 25. Job 18:19 Job 27:14, 15; Is 14:22 ↩
- 26. Job 18:20 Lit who come after ↩
- 27. Job 18:20 Ps 37:13; Jer 50:27; Obad 12 ↩
- 28. Job 18:20 Lit day ↩
- 29. Job 18:20 Lit who have gone before ↩
- 30. Job 18:21 Job 21:28 ↩
Commentaries on Job 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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