Job 18:18
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.
He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
20 Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
- KJV
- He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
- WEB
- He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
- ASV
- He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.
- DARBY
- He is driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
- BLB
- They drive him from light into darkness, and they chase him from the world.
- ÅB
- Han støtes fra lys ut i mørke, han jages bort fra jorderike.
- OTB
- Han blir kastet fra lys til mørke
og fjernet fra verden. - B1930
- Han støtes fra lys ut i mørke, han jages bort fra jorderike.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 20:8
He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.
Read in contextJob 10:22
to a land of utter darkness, of deep shadow and disorder, where even the light is like darkness.”
Read in contextJob 5:14
They encounter darkness by day and grope at noon as in the night.
Read in contextProverbs 14:32
The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.
Read in contextDaniel 5:21
He was driven away from mankind, and his mind was like that of a beast. He lived with the wild donkeys and ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven until he acknowledged that the Most High God rules over the kingdom of mankind, setting over it whom He wishes.
Read in contextJude 1:13
They are wild waves of the sea, foaming up their own shame; wandering stars, for whom blackest darkness has been reserved forever.
Read in contextIsaiah 8:21–22
They will roam the land, dejected and hungry. When they are famished, they will become enraged; and looking upward, they will curse their king and their God.
Read in contextDaniel 4:33
At that moment the sentence against Nebuchadnezzar was fulfilled. He was driven away from mankind. He ate grass like an ox, and his body was drenched with the dew of heaven, until his hair grew like the feathers of an eagle and his nails like the claws of a bird.
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