Job 18:8-21 ▼

8 For his own feet lead  him into  a net, and he strays into  its mesh.

9 A trap catches him by  the heel; a noose seizes him.

10 A rope lies hidden for him on  the  ground, and a snare waits for him along  the path.

11 Terrors frighten him on every side  and harass him at  every step.

12 His strength is  depleted; disaster lies ready for  him to stumble. 

13 Parts of his  skin are eaten away; death’s firstborn consumes his  limbs.

14 He is ripped from  the security of his  tent and marched away to  the king of terrors.

15 Nothing he owned remains in  his  tent. Burning sulfur  is scattered over  his  home.

16 His roots below dry up, and his branches above wither away. 

17 All memory  of him perishes from  the earth; he has no name anywhere. 

18 He is driven from  light to  darkness and chased from  the inhabited world.

19 He has no children or  descendants among  his  people, no survivor where  he used to live. 

20 Those in the west are appalled  at  his  fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.

21 Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man, and this is the place of the one who does not know  God.