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Job 18:5 KJV
Job · chapter 18 · verse 5
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.Job 18:5 · King James Version
Job 18:5 in context
3Wherefore are we counted as beasts, and reputed vile in your sight?
4He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
5Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
7The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.
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Key words (Strong's)
- wickedrâshâʻmorally wrongH7563 →
- lightʼôwrillumination or luminaryH216 →
- sparkshâbîybflameH7632 →
- fireʼêshfireH784 →
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The rest of Bildad's discourse is entirely taken up in an elegant description of the miserable condition of a wicked man, in which there is a great deal of certain truth, and which will be of excellent use if duly considered - that a sinful condition is a sad condition, and that iniquity will be men's ruin if they do…
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 5-10