Job 18:5

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

King James Version

In Context

4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

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Cross References

Job 20:5That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.

Proverbs 20:20Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.

Proverbs 24:20For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle 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 →

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