Job 18:5
Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
Douay-Rheims 1899
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
6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
Cross References
Job 20:5that the praise of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment.
Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is darksome: they know not where they fall.
Proverbs 20:20He that curseth his father, and mother, his lamp shall be put out in the midst of darkness.
Proverbs 24:20For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall 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 →