Job 18:5
Will not the light of the impious be put out, and the flame of his fire refuse to shine?
Catholic Public Domain Version
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
6Light will become darkness in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him will be extinguished.
Cross References
Job 20:5that the praise of the impious shall be short, and the joy of the hypocrite lasts only a moment.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the impious is darkened. They do not know where they may fall.
Proverbs 20:20Whoever curses his father and mother, his lamp will be extinguished in the midst of darkness.
Proverbs 24:20For the evil hold no hope in the future, and the lamp of the impious will be extinguished.
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 →