Good News Bible

Job 18:7-17 Good News Bible (GNB)

7. Their steps were firm, but now they stumble;they fall — victims of their own advice.

8. They walk into a net, and their feet are caught;

9. a trap catches their heels and holds them.

10. On the ground a snare is hidden;a trap has been set in their path.

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.