Job 18 · Verse 5

Job 18:5

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 other translations

BSB	Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
WEB	“Yes, the light of the wicked will be put out. The spark of his fire won’t shine.
ASV	Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
YLT	Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.
DARBY	Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
BBE	For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.
Webster	Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

What does Job 18:5 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

5. That (Job 18:4) cannot be. The decree of God is unalterable, the light (prosperity) of the wicked shall at length be put out. his fire--alluding to Arabian hospitality, which prided itself on welcoming the stranger to the fire in the tent, and even lit fires to direct him to it. The ungodly shall be deprived of the means to show hospitality. His dwelling shall be dark and desolate!

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 5 The light of the wicked shall be put out - Some think it would be better to translate the original, "Let the light of the wicked be extinguished!" Thou art a bad man, and thou hast perverted the understanding which God hath given thee. Let that understanding, that abused gift, be taken away. From this verse to the end of the chapter is a continual invective against Job.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 18:5-10

Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; in which there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful condition is a sad condition, and that sin will be men's ruin, if they do not repent. Though Bildad thought the application of it to Job was easy, yet it was not safe nor just. It is common for angry disputants to rank their opponents among God's enemies, and to draw wrong conclusions from important truths. The destruction of the wicked is foretold. That destruction is represented under the similitude of a beast or bird caught in a snare, or a malefactor taken into custody. Satan, as he was a murderer, so he was a robber, from the beginning. He, the tempter, lays snares for sinners wherever they go. If he makes them sinful like himself, he will make them miserable like himself. Satan hunts for the precious life. In the transgression of an evil man there is a snare for himself, and God is preparing for his destruction. See here how the sinner runs himself into the snare.

Matthew Henry, 1706 · public domain

Job 18:5 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

גַּ֤םgamalsoH1571

א֣וֹר'or[the] light ofH216

רְשָׁעִ֣יםre.sha.'Imwicked [people]H7563

יִדְעָ֑ךְyid.'Akhit is extinguishedH1846

וְלֹֽא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808

יִ֝גַּ֗הּyi.Gahit shinesH5050

שְׁבִ֣יבshe.Viv[the] flame ofH7632

אִשּֽׁוֹ\׃'i.Shofire hisH784

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 18:5

Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
Job 21:17
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
Isaiah 50:11
Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.
Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

the light.
20:5; Pr 4:19; 13:9; 20:20; 24:20
spark.
Isa 50:11

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Context

Job 18:4
He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?
Job 18:5
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Job 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

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Job 18:5 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Ciertamente la luz de los impíos será apagada, y no resplandecerá la centella de su fuego.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Or la lumière des méchants sera éteinte, et la flamme de son feu ne luira point;
German Elberfelder 1871	Doch das Licht der Gesetzlosen wird erlöschen, und nicht leuchten wird die Flamme seines Feuers.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Nonne lux impii extinguetur, nec splendebit flamma ignis ejus?