Job 18
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Job 18:5-21

5“Indeed, the 1light of the wicked goes out, And the spark from his fire does not shine.6The light in his tent is 2darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.7His 3vigorous stride is shortened, And his 4own plan brings him down.8For he is 5thrown 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 pathway.11All around 6sudden terrors frighten him, And 7harass him at every step.12His strength is 8famished, And disaster is ready at his side.139It devours parts of his skin, The firstborn of death 10devours his 11limbs.14He is 12torn from 13the security of his tent, And 14they march him before the king of 15terrors.1516Nothing of his dwells in his tent; 17Brimstone is scattered on his home.16His 18roots are dried below, And his 19branch withers above.1720The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad.1821He is driven from light 22into darkness, And 23chased from the inhabited world.19He has no 24offspring or descendants among his people, Nor any survivor where he resided.20Those in the west are appalled at 25his 26fate, And those in the east are seized with horror.21Certainly these are the 27dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God.”

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Notes

  1. 1. Job 18:5 Job 21:17; Prov 13:9; 20:20; 24:20 ↩
  2. 2. Job 18:6 Job 12:25 ↩
  3. 3. Job 18:7 Lit steps of his strength ↩
  4. 4. Job 18:7 Job 15:6 ↩
  5. 5. Job 18:8 Job 22:10; Ps 9:15; 35:8; Is 24:17, 18 ↩
  6. 6. Job 18:11 Job 15:21 ↩
  7. 7. Job 18:11 Job 18:18; 20:8 ↩
  8. 8. Job 18:12 Is 8:21 ↩
  9. 9. Job 18:13 Another reading is His skin is devoured by illness ↩
  10. 10. Job 18:13 Zech 14:12 ↩
  11. 11. Job 18:13 Or parts ↩
  12. 12. Job 18:14 Job 8:22; 18:6 ↩
  13. 13. Job 18:14 Lit his tent his trust ↩
  14. 14. Job 18:14 Lit you march or she marches ↩
  15. 15. Job 18:14 Job 15:21 ↩
  16. 16. Job 18:15 Another reading is Fire dwells in his tent ↩
  17. 17. Job 18:15 Ps 11:6 ↩
  18. 18. Job 18:16 Is 5:24; Hos 9:16; Amos 2:9; Mal 4:1 ↩
  19. 19. Job 18:16 Job 15:30, 32 ↩
  20. 20. Job 18:17 Job 24:20; Ps 34:16; Prov 10:7 ↩
  21. 21. Job 18:18 Lit They drive him...And chase him ↩
  22. 22. Job 18:18 Job 5:14; Is 8:22 ↩
  23. 23. Job 18:18 Job 20:8; 27:21-23 ↩
  24. 24. Job 18:19 Job 27:14, 15; Is 14:22 ↩
  25. 25. Job 18:20 Ps 37:13; Jer 50:27; Obad 12 ↩
  26. 26. Job 18:20 Lit day ↩
  27. 27. Job 18:21 Job 21:28 ↩

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