Job 18:15
13 It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
14 He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
16 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
- KJV
- It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
- WEB
- There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.
- ASV
- There shall dwell in his tent that which is none of his: Brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
- DARBY
- They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation:
- BLB
- [That] not unto him dwells in his tent; brimstone is scattered on his abode.
- ÅB
- Folk som ikke hører ham til, bor i hans telt; det strøes svovel over hans bosted.
- OTB
- Svovel spres over hans bolig;
ild fortærer hans telt. - B1930
- Folk som ikke hører ham til, bor i hans telt; det strøes svovel over hans bosted.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 11:6
On the wicked He will rain down fiery coals and sulfur; a scorching wind will be their portion.
Read in contextIsaiah 34:9–10
Edom’s streams will be turned to tar, and her soil to sulfur; her land will become a blazing pitch.
Read in contextDeuteronomy 29:23
All its soil will be a burning waste of sulfur and salt, unsown and unproductive, with no plant growing on it, just like the destruction of Sodom and Gomorrah, Admah and Zeboiim, which the LORD overthrew in His fierce anger.
Read in contextRevelation 21:8
But to the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and sexually immoral and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their place will be in the lake that burns with fire and sulfur. This is the second death.”
Read in contextZechariah 5:4
I will send it out, declares the LORD of Hosts, and it will enter the house of the thief and the house of him who swears falsely by My name. It will remain inside his house and destroy it, down to its timbers and stones.”
Read in contextHabakkuk 2:6–11
Will not all of these take up a taunt against him, speaking with mockery and derision: ‘Woe to him who amasses what is not his and makes himself rich with many loans! How long will this go on?’
Read in contextRevelation 19:20
But the beast was captured along with the false prophet, who on its behalf had performed signs deceiving those who had the mark of the beast and worshiped its image. Both the beast and the false prophet were thrown alive into the fiery lake of burning sulfur.
Read in contextJob 20:18–21
He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
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