Job 18:15–18
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18:15Fire resides in his tent;32
over his residence burning sulfur is scattered.
18:16Below his roots dry up,
and his branches wither above.
18:17His memory perishes from the earth,
he has no name in the land.33
18:18He is driven34 from light into darkness
and is banished from the world.
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- 32 This line is difficult as well. The verb, again a third feminine form, says “it dwells in his tent.” But the next part (מִבְּלִי לוֹ, mibbéli lo) means something like “things of what are not his.” The best that can be made of the is “There shall live in his tent they that are not his” (referring to persons and animals; see J. E. Hartley, Job [], ). G. R. Driver and G. B. Gray (Job [], 2:) refer “that which is naught of his” to weeds and wild animals. M. Dahood suggested a reading מַבֶּל (mabbel) and a connection to Akkadian nablu, “fire” (cf. Ugaritic nbl). The interchange of and n is not a problem, and the parallelism with the next line makes good sense (“Some Northwest Semitic words in Job,” 38 [1957]: 312ff.). Others suggest an emendation to get “night-hag” or vampire. This suggestion, as well as Driver’s “mixed herbs,” are linked to the idea of exorcism. But if a change is to be made, Dahood’s is the most compelling.
- 33 Heb “outside.” Cf. ESV, “in the street,” referring to absence from his community’s memory.
- 34 The verbs in this verse are plural; without the expressed subject they should be taken in the passive sense.
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ESVEnglish Standard Version
In his tent dwells that which is none of his;
sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
His roots dry up beneath,
and his branches wither above.
His memory perishes from the earth,
and he has no name in the street.
He is thrust from light into darkness,
and driven out of the world.
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NIVNew International Version (2011)
Fire resides in his tent;
burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling.
His roots dry up below
and his branches wither above.
The memory of him perishes from the earth;
he has no name in the land.
He is driven from light into the realm of darkness
and is banished from the world.
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CSBChristian Standard Bible
Nothing he owned remains in his tent.
Burning sulfur is scattered over his home.
His roots below dry up,
and his branches above wither away.
All memory of him perishes from the earth;
he has no name anywhere.
He is driven from light to darkness
and chased from the inhabited world.
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NLTNew Living Translation
The homes of the wicked will burn down;
burning sulfur rains on their houses.
Their roots will dry up,
and their branches will wither.
All memory of their existence will fade from the earth,
No one will remember their names.
They will be thrust from light into darkness,
driven from the world.
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LEBThe Lexham English Bible
“Nothing remains for him in his tent;
sulfur is scattered upon his dwelling place.
His roots dry up below,
and its branches wither away above.
His remembrance perishes from the earth,
and there is not a name for him on the street.
“They thrust him from light into darkness,
and they drive him out from the world.
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KJV 1900King James Version
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his:
Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
His roots shall be dried up beneath,
And above shall his branch be cut off.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth,
And he shall have no name in the street.
He shall be driven from light into darkness,
And chased out of the world.
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