Passage Resources Hebrew/Greek Your Content
Previous Next
Add parallel Print Page Options

Job 18:14-16
New Catholic Bible

14 He is dragged from the security of his tent
    and carted off to the king of terrors.[a]
15 Anyone can live in his tent since it is no longer his;
    brimstone[b] is scattered over his dwelling.
16 His roots dry up below,
    and his branches wither above.

Read full chapter

Footnotes

  1. Job 18:14 King of terrors: i.e., death. In various civilizations the ruler of the realm of the dead was called Nergal, Pluto, or Moloch (see Isa 57:9).
  2. Job 18:15 Brimstone: an element used to disinfect a tent and remove every trace of the occupant.
Next
Job 17
Job 19
Next
dropdown
New Catholic Bible (NCB)

Copyright © 2019 by Catholic Book Publishing Corp. All rights reserved.

St. Joseph New Catholic Bible