Good News Bible

Job 18:11-20 Good News Bible (GNB)

11. All round them terror is waiting;it follows them at every step.

12. They used to be rich, but now they go hungry;disaster stands and waits at their side.

13. A deadly disease spreads over their bodiesand causes their arms and legs to rot.

14. They are torn from the tents where they lived secure,and are dragged off to face King Death.

15. Now anyone may live in their tents —after sulphur is sprinkled to disinfect them!

16. Their roots and branches are withered and dry.

17. Their fame is ended at home and abroad;no one remembers them any more.

18. They will be driven out of the land of the living,driven from light into darkness.

19. They have no descendants, no survivors.

20. From east to west, all who hear of their fateshudder and tremble with fear.