Job 18:5-21

Legacy Standard Bible

⁵ “Indeed, the ^(A)light of the wicked goes out,
And the ^[a]flame of his fire gives no light.
⁶ The light in his tent is ^(B)darkened,
And his lamp goes out above him.
⁷ His ^[b]vigorous stride is shortened,
And his ^(C)own counsel brings him down.
⁸ For he is ^(D)thrown into the net by his own feet,
And he steps on the netting.
⁹ A snare seizes him by the heel,
And a device snaps shut on him.
¹⁰ A rope for him is hidden in the ground,
And a trap for him on the path.
¹¹ All around ^(E)terrors frighten him,
And ^(F)harass him at every step.
¹² His vigor is ^(G)famished,
And disaster is ready at his side.
¹³ The firstborn of death eats parts of his skin;
It ^(H)eats parts of him.
¹⁴ He is ^(I)torn from ^[c]the security of his tent,
And ^[d]they march him in step before the king of ^(J)terrors.
^15 [e]There dwells in his tent nothing of his;
^(K)Brimstone is scattered on his abode.
¹⁶ His ^(L)roots are dried below,
And his ^(M)branch is cut off above.
^17 (N)Memory of him perishes from the earth,
And he has no name abroad.
^18 [f]He is driven from light ^(O)into darkness,
And ^(P)chased from the inhabited world.
¹⁹ He has neither ^(Q)offspring nor posterity among his people,
Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
²⁰ Those ^[g]in the west are appalled at ^(R)his ^[h]fate,
And those ^[i]in the east are seized with horror.
²¹ Surely such are the ^(S)dwellings of the unjust,
And this is the place of him who does not know God.”