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Job 18:5

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

KJV

Nonne lux impii extinguetur, nec splendebit flamma ignis ejus ?

Vulgate

καὶ φῶς ἀσεβῶν σβεσθήσεται, καὶ οὐκ ἀποβήσεται αὐτῶν ἡ φλόξ.

LXX

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

ASV

גַּ֤ם א֣וֹר רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָ֑ךְ וְ/לֹֽא יִ֝גַּ֗הּ שְׁבִ֣יב אִשּֽׁ/וֹ

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

8 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

א֣וֹר
'vr
noun · 120×
אֵ֖שׁ
'sh
noun · 376×
גַּם
gm
adverb · 764×
יִדְעָֽךְ
yd'k
verb · 9×
יַגִּ֥יהַּ
ygyh
verb · 6×
לֹ֣א
l'
proper_noun · 5171×
רְשָׁעִ֣ים
rsh'ym
adjective · 257×
שְׁבִ֣יב
shbyb
noun · 1×

Historic Christian voices

4 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

10. Which of the two theologies sets forth our Lord Jesus Christ as God and Son of the Father, this which you vomited forth, or that which we have spoken and maintain from the Scriptures? If the Saviour be not God, nor Word, nor Son, you shall have leave to say what you will, and so shall the Gentiles, and the present Jews. But if He be Word of the Father and true Son, and God …

Cross-references

  • Esth 7:6 — And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was afraid before the king and the queen.
  • Ezek 32:7 — And when I shall put thee out, I will cover the heaven, and make the stars thereof dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.
  • Isa 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
  • Isa 57:20 — But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest, whose waters cast up mire and dirt.
  • Job 15:30 — He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
  • Job 20:5 — That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
  • Job 20:26 — All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Job 38:15 — And from the wicked their light is withholden, and the high arm shall be broken.
  • Prov 4:19 — The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
  • Prov 4:19 — The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
  • Prov 13:9 — The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Prov 13:9 — The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Prov 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
  • Prov 20:20 — Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
  • Prov 24:20 — For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
  • Prov 24:20 — For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.