Job 18:5

Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.

Geneva Bible 1599

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

4Thou art as one that teareth his soule in his anger. Shall the earth bee forsaken for thy sake? or the rocke remoued out of his place?

6The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.

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Cross References

Job 20:5That the reioycing of the wicked is short, and that the ioy of hypocrites is but a moment?

Proverbs 4:19The way of the wicked is as the darkenes: they knowe not wherein they shall fall.

Proverbs 20:20He that curseth his father or his mother, his light shalbe put out in obscure darkenes.

Proverbs 24:20For there shall bee none ende of plagues to the euill man: the light of the wicked shall bee 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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