Job 18:5
It's certain that the life of the wicked will end like a lamp that is snuffed out—their flame will shine no more.
Free Bible 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
6The light in their home goes out, the lamp hanging above is extinguished.
Cross References
Job 20:5that the triumph of the wicked doesn't last long, that those who reject God are only happy for a short time?
Proverbs 4:19But the way of life of the wicked is like complete darkness; they don't even know what they're tripping over.
Proverbs 20:20Anyone who curses their father or mother will have their light put out and end in utter darkness.
Proverbs 24:20for evil people have no future—the lamp of the wicked will be snuffed 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 →