Job 18 · Verse 6

Job 18:6

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

Job 18:6, King James Version

Job 18:6 in other translations

BSB	The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
WEB	The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.
ASV	The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
YLT	The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.
DARBY	The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
BBE	The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.
Webster	The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

What does Job 18:6 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

6. candle--the lamp which in the East is usually fastened to the ceiling. Oil abounds in those regions, and the lamp was kept burning all night, as now in Egypt, where the poorest would rather dispense with food than the night lamp (Psa 18:28). To put out the lamp was an image of utter desolation.

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle - His property shall be destroyed, his house pillaged, and himself and his family come to an untimely end. His candle shall be put out - He shall have no posterity.

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…

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Job 18:6 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.

א֭וֹר'or[the] lightH216

חָשַׁ֣ךְcha.Shakhit grows darkH2821

בְּאָהֳל֑וֹbe.'o.ho.Loin tent hisH168

וְ֝נֵר֗וֹve.ne.Roand lamp hisH5216

עָלָ֥יו'a.Lavabove himH5921

יִדְעָֽךְ\׃yid.'Akhit is extinguishedH1846

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

Cross references for Job 18:6

Revelation 18:23
And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.
Psalms 18:28
For thou wilt light my candle: the Lord my God will enlighten my 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.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

candle. or, lamp.
21:17; Ps 18:28; Re 18:23

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

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.
Job 18:7
The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

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Job 18:6 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	La luz se oscurecerá en su tienda, y apagaráse sobre él su lámpara.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	La lumière sera ténèbres dans sa tente, et sa lampe sera éteinte au-dessus de lui.
German Elberfelder 1871	Das Licht wird finster in seinem Zelte, und seine Lampe erlischt über ihm.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Lux obtenebrescet in tabernaculo illius, et lucerna quæ super eum est extinguetur.