New English Translation

Job 18:8-16 New English Translation (NET)

8. For he has been thrown into a net by his feetand he wanders into a mesh.

9. A trap seizes him by the heel;a snare grips him.

10. A rope is hidden for him on the groundand a trap for him lies on the path.

11. Terrors frighten him on all sidesand dog his every step.

12. Calamity is hungry for him,and misfortune is ready at his side.

13. It eats away parts of his skin;the most terrible death devours his limbs.

14. He is dragged from the security of his tent,and marched off to the king of terrors.

15. Fire resides in his tent;over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.

16. Below his roots dry up,and his branches wither above.