Job 18:5 “Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire…”

Job 18:5

Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

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

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.

Bible in Basic English

For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.

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Cross references

“the light”

Proverbs 13:9 Proverbs 20:20 Proverbs 24:20 Proverbs 4:19 Job 20:5

Proverbs 13:9 · BSB

The light of the righteous shines brightly, but the lamp of the wicked is extinguished.

Proverbs 20:20 · BSB

Whoever curses his father or mother, his lamp will be extinguished in deepest darkness.

Proverbs 24:20 · BSB

For the evil man has no future; the lamp of the wicked will be extinguished.

Proverbs 4:19 · BSB

But the way of the wicked is like the darkest gloom; they do not know what makes them stumble.

Job 20:5 · BSB

the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?

“spark”

Isaiah 50:11

Isaiah 50:11 · BSB

Behold, all you who kindle a fire, who array yourselves with firebrands, walk in the light of your fire and of the firebrands you have lit! This is what you will receive from My hand: You will lie down in a place of torm…

Also

Job 21:17

Job 21:17 · BSB

How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

4You who tear yourself in anger— should the earth be forsaken on your account, or the rocks be moved from their place?

6The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

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