God's Word Translation

Job 18:4-13 God's Word Translation (GW)

4. Why do you rip yourself apart in anger?Should the earth be abandoned for your sakeor a boulder be dislodged?

5. “Indeed, the light of the wicked is snuffed out.The flame of his fire stops glowing.

6. The light in his tent becomes dark,and the lamp above him is snuffed out.

7. “His healthy stride is shortened,and his own planning trips him up.

8. His own feet get him tangled in a netas he walks around on its webbing.

9. A trap catches his heel.A snare holds him.

10. A rope is hidden on the ground for him.A trap is on his path ⌊to catch⌋ him.

11. “Terrors suddenly pounce on him from every sideand chase him every step he takes.

12. Hunger undermines his strength.Disaster is waiting beside him.

13. His skin is eaten away by disease.Death’s firstborn son eats away at the limbs of his body.