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talk.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.3" /> <A name="4"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-3.htm"><b>3</b></a></span>Why are we regarded as cattle,</p><p class="poem">as stupid in your sight?</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.4" /> <A name="5"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-4.htm"><b>4</b></a></span>You who tear yourself in anger<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.18.4.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a> —</p><p class="poem">should the earth be abandoned on your account,</p><p class="poem">or a rock be removed from its place?</p></blockquote><blockquote class="poetryblock"><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.5" /> <A name="6"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-5.htm"><b>5</b></a></span>Yes, the light<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.18.5.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> of the wicked<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.18.5.2"><span class="xrfAlphabet">b</span></a> is extinguished;</p><p class="poem">the flame of his fire does not glow.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.6" /> <A name="7"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-6.htm"><b>6</b></a></span>The light in his tent grows dark,<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.18.6.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and the lamp beside him is put out.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.7" /> <A name="8"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-7.htm"><b>7</b></a></span>His powerful stride is shortened,</p><p class="poem">and his own schemes trip him up.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.18.7.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.8" /> <A name="9"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-8.htm"><b>8</b></a></span>For his own feet lead him into a net,</p><p class="poem">and he strays into its mesh.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.9" /> <A name="10"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-9.htm"><b>9</b></a></span>A trap catches him by the heel;</p><p class="poem">a noose seizes him.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.10" /> <A name="11"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-10.htm"><b>10</b></a></span>A rope lies hidden for him on the ground,</p><p class="poem">and a snare waits for him along the path.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.11" /> <A name="12"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-11.htm"><b>11</b></a></span>Terrors frighten him on every side<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.18.11.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem">and harass him at every step.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.12" /> <A name="13"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-12.htm"><b>12</b></a></span>His strength is depleted;</p><p class="poem">disaster lies ready for him to stumble.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.18.12.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.13" /> <A name="14"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-13.htm"><b>13</b></a></span>Parts of his skin are eaten away;</p><p class="poem">death’s firstborn consumes his limbs.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.14" /> <A name="15"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-14.htm"><b>14</b></a></span>He is ripped from the security of his tent</p><p class="poem">and marched away to the king of terrors.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.15" /> <A name="16"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-15.htm"><b>15</b></a></span>Nothing he owned remains in his tent.</p><p class="poem">Burning sulfur<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.18.15.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> is scattered over his home.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.16" /> <A name="17"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-16.htm"><b>16</b></a></span>His roots below dry up,</p><p class="poem">and his branches above wither away.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.18.16.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.17" /> <A name="18"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-17.htm"><b>17</b></a></span>All memory<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.18.17.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> of him perishes from the earth;</p><p class="poem">he has no name anywhere.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#fn.Job.18.17.1"><span class="fnAlphabet">A</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.18" /> <A name="19"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-18.htm"><b>18</b></a></span>He is driven from light to darkness</p><p class="poem">and chased from the inhabited world.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.19" /> <A name="20"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-19.htm"><b>19</b></a></span>He has no children or descendants among his people,</p><p class="poem">no survivor where he used to live.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.18.19.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.20" /> <A name="21"></a><span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-20.htm"><b>20</b></a></span>Those in the west are appalled<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.18.20.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a> at his fate,</p><p class="poem">while those in the east tremble in horror.</p><p class="poem"><span epub:type="z3998:verse" id="start-Job.18.21" /> <span class="reftext"><a href="/job/18-21.htm"><b>21</b></a></span>Indeed, such is the dwelling of the unjust man,</p><p class="poem">and this is the place of the one who does not know God.<a epub:type="noteref" href="#xrf.Job.18.21.1"><span class="xrfAlphabet">a</span></a></p></blockquote><br /><section id="footnotes-Job.18" class="fnSection"><aside id="fn.Job.18.4.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.4">18:4</a></span> Lit <span class="italic">He who tears himself in his anger</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.18.12.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.12">18:12</a></span> Or <span class="italic">disaster hungers for him</span></aside><aside id="fn.Job.18.17.1"><span class="footnote-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.17">18:17</a></span> Or <span class="italic">name in the streets</span></aside><br /><section id="cross-references-Job.18" class="xrfSection"><aside id="xrf.Job.18.1.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.1">18:1</a></span> Jb 2:11; 8:1; 25:1</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.18.5.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.5">18:5</a></span> Jb 21:17; Pr 13:9; 24:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.18.5.2"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.5">18:5</a></span> Jb 3:17; 9:22; 11:20</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.18.6.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.6">18:6</a></span> Jb 8:22; 18:14; Ps 52:5</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.18.7.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.7">18:7</a></span> Jb 5:13; Pr 4:12</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.18.11.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.11">18:11</a></span> Jb 20:25; 27:20; Jr 6:25</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.18.15.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.15">18:15</a></span> Gn 19:24; Ps 11:6; Ezk 38:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.18.16.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.16">18:16</a></span> Is 5:24; Hs 9:16; Am 2:9</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.18.17.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.17">18:17</a></span> Ps 34:16; 109:13,15; Pr 10:7</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.18.19.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.19">18:19</a></span> Gn 21:23; Is 14:22; Lm 2:22</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.18.20.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.20">18:20</a></span> Jr 2:12; Ezk 27:35; 32:10</aside><aside id="xrf.Job.18.21.1"><span class="cross-reference"><a href="#start-Job.18.21">18:21</a></span> Jb 21:28; Jr 9:3; 1Th 4:5</aside><br /><section id="study-notes-Job.18" class="snSection"><br /></div><div id="botbox"><div class="padbot"><div align="center">The Christian Standard Bible. 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