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Job 18:6

"The light will be dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him will be put out.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Lamp;   Wicked (People);   Thompson Chain Reference - Candle;   The Topic Concordance - Bearing Fruit;   Knowledge;   Perishing;   Snares;   Wickedness;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Lamps;   Light;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Bildad;   Darkness;   Lamp;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Greatness of God;   Hypocrisy;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Candle;   Darkness;   Tabernacle;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Job, the Book of;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Lamp;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Candle;   Watson's Biblical & Theological Dictionary - Lamp;  

Encyclopedias:

- International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Candle;   Lamp;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Ancestor Worship;   Color;   Lamp, Perpetual;   Light;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
The light in his tent grows dark,and the lamp beside him is put out.
Hebrew Names Version
The light shall be dark in his tent, His lamp above him shall be put out.
King James Version
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
English Standard Version
The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.
New Century Version
The light in their tents will grow dark, and the lamps by their sides will go out.
New English Translation
The light in his tent grows dark; his lamp above him is extinguished.
New American Standard Bible
"The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.
World English Bible
The light shall be dark in his tent, His lamp above him shall be put out.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.
Legacy Standard Bible
The light in his tent is darkened,And his lamp goes out above him.
Berean Standard Bible
The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Contemporary English Version
leaving their tents dark.
Complete Jewish Bible
the light in his tent is darkened, the lamp over him will be snuffed out.
Darby Translation
The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
Easy-to-Read Version
The light in their houses will become dark. The lamps next to them will go out.
George Lamsa Translation
The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him shall be extinguished.
Good News Translation
The lamp in their tents will be darkened.
Lexham English Bible
The light becomes dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.
Literal Translation
The light shall be dark in his tent; and his lamp shall be put out above him;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The light shalbe darcke in his dwellinge, & his candle shalbe put out with him.
American Standard Version
The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
Bible in Basic English
The light is dark in his tent, and the light shining over him is put out.
JPS Old Testament (1917)
The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
King James Version (1611)
The light shalbe darke in his tabernacle, and his candle shalbe put out with him.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The light shall be darke in his dwelling, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
English Revised Version
The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp above him shall be put out.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
Liyt schal wexe derke in his tabernacle; and the lanterne, which is on hym, schal be quenchid.
Update Bible Version
The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
Webster's Bible Translation
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
New King James Version
The light is dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him is put out.
New Living Translation
The light in their tent will grow dark. The lamp hanging above them will be quenched.
New Life Bible
The light in his tent is made dark, and his lamp goes out above him.
New Revised Standard
The light is dark in their tent, and the lamp above them is put out.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The light, hath darkened in his tent, Yea, his lamp above him, goeth out;
Douay-Rheims Bible
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
Revised Standard Version
The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out.
Young's Literal Translation
The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
"The light in his tent is darkened, And his lamp goes out above him.

Contextual Overview

5"Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out, And the flame of his fire will not shine. 6"The light will be dark in his tent, And his lamp beside him will be put out. 7"The vigorous stride will be shortened, And his own counsel and the scheme [in which he trusted] will bring his downfall. 8"For the wicked is thrown into a net by his own feet (wickedness), And he steps on the webbing [of the lattice-covered pit]. 9"A snare catches him by the heel, And a trap snaps shut on him. 10"A noose is hidden for him on the ground, And a trap for him on the path.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

candle: or, lamp, Job 21:17, Psalms 18:28, Revelation 18:23

Reciprocal: Job 5:24 - thou shalt know Job 15:23 - the day Job 15:30 - depart Job 20:5 - the triumphing Job 20:26 - darkness Job 22:11 - darkness Job 23:17 - the darkness from Job 29:3 - candle Job 30:26 - light Proverbs 4:19 - General Proverbs 13:9 - lamp Proverbs 20:20 - his Proverbs 24:20 - candle Ezekiel 32:7 - put thee out

Cross-References

Isaiah 32:8
But the noble man conceives noble and magnificent things; And he stands by what is noble and magnificent.
Matthew 13:33
He told them another parable, "The kingdom of heaven is like leaven, which a woman took and worked into three measures of flour until all of it was leavened."
Acts 16:15
And when she was baptized, along with her household, she pleaded with us, saying, "If you have judged me and decided that I am faithful to the Lord [a true believer], come to my house and stay." And she persuaded us.
Romans 12:13
contributing to the needs of God's people, pursuing [the practice of] hospitality.
Galatians 5:13
For you, my brothers, were called to freedom; only do not let your freedom become an opportunity for the sinful nature (worldliness, selfishness), but through love serve and seek the best for one another.
Hebrews 13:2
Do not neglect to extend hospitality to strangers [especially among the family of believers—being friendly, cordial, and gracious, sharing the comforts of your home and doing your part generously], for by this some have entertained angels without knowing it.
1 Peter 4:9
Be hospitable to one another without complaint.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

The light shall the dark in his tabernacle,.... Not the light of the eye, in the tabernacle of his body, rather the light of nature and reason in him; and when that "light [that is] in [a man becomes] darkness", as our Lord says, "how great [is] that darkness!" Matthew 6:23; but best of all it designs the light of prosperity in his house and family, which should be quite obscured:

and his candle shall be put out with him; which sometimes signifies the spirit of man, his rational soul, called "the candle of the Lord",

Proverbs 20:27; which, though it dies not when man dies, yet its light is extinct with respect to the things of this life, and all its thoughts and reasonings are no more about civil matters, and the affairs of this world; in that sense this light is put out, and those thoughts perish with him, Psalms 146:4; but more frequently it is used for outward prosperity, which if it continues with a man as long as he lives, as it often does, yet, when he dies, it ceases and is no more; it does not descend with him into the grave, and he cannot carry it into another world, but it is put out in "obscure darkness"; see Job 21:17.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And his candle - Margin, lamp. The reference is to a lamp that was suspended from the ceiling. The Arabians are fond of this image. Thus, they say, “Bad fortune has extinguished my lamp.” Of a man whose hopes are remarkably blasted, they say, “He is like a lamp which is immediately extinguished if you let it sink in the oil.” See Schultens. The putting out of a lamp is to the Orientals an image of utter desolation. It is the universal custom to have a light burning in their houses at night. “The houses of Egypt, in modern times, are never without lights; they burn lamps all the night long, and in every occupied apartment. So requisite to the comfort of a family is this custom reckoned, and so imperious is the power which it exercises, that the poorest people. would rather retrench part of their food than neglect it.” Paxton. It is not improbable that this custom prevailed in former times in Arabia, as it does now in Egypt; and this consideration will give increased beauty and force to this passage.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Job 18:6. 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.


 
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