Job 18:5

But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, 1 And their flame shall not go up. 1

Updated Brenton Septuagint

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

4Anger has possessed thee: 1 For what if thou shouldest die; would the earth under heaven be desolate? 1 Or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations? 1

6His light shall be darkness in his habitation, 1 And his lamp shall be put out with him. 1

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Cross References

Job 20:5But the mirth of the ungodly is a signal downfall, 1 And the joy of transgressors is destruction: 1

Proverbs 4:19But the ways of the ungodly are dark; 1 They know not how they stumble. 1

Proverbs 24:20For the evil man shall have no posterity: 1 And the light of the wicked shall be put out. 1

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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