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15 Now anyone may live in their tents—[a]
    after sulfur is sprinkled to disinfect them![b]
16 Their roots and branches are withered and dry.
17 Their fame is ended at home and abroad;
    no one remembers them any more.

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  1. Job 18:15 Now anyone may live in their tents; Hebrew unclear.
  2. Job 18:15 Sulfur was used in the ancient world as a disinfectant and to clean rooms that had contained corpses.

15 Fire resides[a] in his tent;(A)
    burning sulfur(B) is scattered over his dwelling.
16 His roots dry up below(C)
    and his branches wither above.(D)
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth;(E)
    he has no name(F) in the land.(G)

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  1. Job 18:15 Or Nothing he had remains