Job 18:5-21 ▼

5 Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there does not shine a spark of his fire.

6 The light has been dark in his tent, || And his lamp over him is extinguished.

7 The steps of his strength are restricted, || And his own counsel casts him down.

8 For he is sent into a net by his own feet, || And he habitually walks on a snare.

9 A trap seizes on the heel, || The designing prevails over him.

10 His cord is hidden in the earth, || And his trap on the path.

11 Terrors have terrified him all around, || And they have scattered him—at his feet.

12 His sorrow is hungry, || And calamity is ready at his side.

13 It consumes the parts of his skin, || Death’s firstborn consumes his parts.

14 His confidence is drawn from his tent, || And it causes him to step to the king of terrors.

15 It dwells in his tent—out of his provender, || Sulfur is scattered over his habitation.

16 From beneath his roots are dried up, || And from above his crop is cut off.

17 His memorial has perished from the land, || And he has no name on the street.

18 They thrust him from light to darkness, || And cast him out from the habitable earth.

19 He has no continuator, || Nor successor among his people, || And none is remaining in his dwellings.

20 At this day, those [in the] west have been astonished, || And those [in the] east have taken fright.

21 Only these [are] dwelling places of the perverse, || And this [is] the place God has not known.”