Job 18:5
3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
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Compare
- BSB
- Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
- KJV
- Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
- WEB
- “Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.
- ASV
- Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
- DARBY
- Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
- BLB
- Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
- ÅB
- Like fullt skal den ugudeliges lys utslukkes, og hans ilds flamme skal ikke skinne.
- OTB
- "De ondes lys slukkes,
og flammen fra hans ild slutter å skinne. - B1930
- Like fullt skal den ugudeliges lys utslukkes, og hans ilds lue skal ikke skinne.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Read in contextProverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Read in contextProverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Read in contextJob 21:17
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Read in contextProverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Read in contextIsaiah 50:11
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Read in contextJob 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
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