Job 18:5

For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

Bible in Basic English

In The King James Version

Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

In Context

4But come back, now, come: you who are wounding yourself in your passion, will the earth be given up because of you, or a rock be moved out of its place?

6The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.

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Cross References

Job 20:5That the pride of the sinner is short, and the joy of the evil-doer but for a minute?

Proverbs 4:19The way of sinners is dark; they see not the cause of their fall.

Proverbs 20:20If anyone puts a curse on his father or his mother, his light will be put out in the blackest night.

Proverbs 24:20For there will be no future for the evil man; the light of sinners will be put out.

Matthew Henry on Job 18:2-5

Second Address of Eliphaz. ( b. c. 1520.) 1 Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said, 2 How long will it be ere ye make an end of words? mark, and afterwards we will speak. 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? Bildad here shoots his arrows, even bitter words, against poor Job, little thinking that, though he was a wise and good man, in this instance he was… Read the whole commentary →

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