Job 18:6
4 You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?
5 Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
7 His vigorous stride is shortened, and his own schemes trip him up.
8 For his own feet lead him into a net, and he wanders into its mesh.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
- KJV
- The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
- WEB
- The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.
- ASV
- The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
- DARBY
- The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
- BLB
- The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him goes out.
- ÅB
- Lyset skal formørkes i hans telt og hans lampe utslukkes over ham.
- OTB
- Lyset i hans telt er dempet,
og lampen over ham er slukket. - B1930
- Lyset skal formørkes i hans telt og hans lampe utslukkes over ham.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Revelation 18:23
The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”
Read in contextPsalms 18:28
For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
Read in contextJob 21:17
How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
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