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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.

That (Job 18:4) cannot be.

Yea - however much the wicked kick against it. 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!

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See also Job 18:5 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Job 18:5. _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 pe...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    YEA - Truly; or, behold. Bildad here commences his remarks on the certain destiny of the wicked, and strings together a number of apparently proverbial sayings, showing that calamity in various forms...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    CHAPTER 18 BILDAD'S SECOND ADDRESS _ 1. New reproaches (Job 18:1)_ 2. Once again, the wicked and what they deserve (Job 18:5) Job 18:1. Bildad has the good sense in this second oration to be very br...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JOB 18. SECOND SPEECH OF BILDAD.Bildad speaks this time at unusual length, but his speech has no significance, since it simply describes the fate of the godless. Into the description of this, however,...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LIGHT. The reference is to the universal practice of burning. light during the night. WICKED. lawless. Hebrew. _rasha._ App-44....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    The disastrous end of the wicked, in the moral order of the world, is certain The last verse naturally led over to this idea, which is the theme of the speech. The idea is set out in a great variety...

  • Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

    YEA, THE LIGHT OF THE WICKED— _Rather let the light of the wicked be put out._ Heath....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    TEXT 18:5-21 5 YEA, THE LIGHT OF THE WICKED SHALL BE PUT OUT, And the spark of the fire shall not shine. 6 The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out. 7 The step...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    BILDAD'S SECOND SPEECH Bildad replies with a rebuke to Job and a reassertion of the miserable lot of the wicked already asserted by Eliphaz; not so much, however, with covert reference to Job, to who...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    JOB, A SERVANT OF GOD Job _KEITH SIMONS_ Words in boxes (except for words in brackets) are from the Bible. This commentary has been through Advanced Checking. CHAPTER 18 BILDAD’S SECOND SPEECH...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Bildad was sure that the wicked man could not continue to live. A candle can only burn for a few hours. Then, there is darkness. Bildad thought that a wicked man would only live for a short time. Job...

  • EasyEnglish Bible Commentaries

    Bildad’s only idea in this chapter was that a wicked man is never successful. Bildad did not actually say that Job was wicked. But Bildad clearly had this opinion....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    גַּ֤ם אֹ֣ור רְשָׁעִ֣ים יִדְעָ֑ךְ וְ לֹֽא ־יִ֝

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    XV. A SCHEME OF WORLD RULE Job 18:1 BILDAD SPEAKS COMPOSED in the orderly parallelism of the finished _ mashal_, this speech of Bildad stands out in its strength and subtlety and, no less, in its c...

  • Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

    “CAST INTO A NET” Job 18:1 Bildad's second speech reveals how utterly he failed to understand Job's appeal for a divine witness and surety. Such words were _snares_ to him, Job 18:2, r.v. The deep t...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    Bildad now returned to the charge, and as was the case with Eliphaz it is perfectly evident from his opening rebuke that he was speaking under a sense of annoyance. He was wounded at the wrongs done t...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    Yea, the light of the wicked shall be (e) put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. (e) When the wicked is in his prosperity, then God changes his state: and this is his ordinary working fo...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (4) He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place? (5) В¶ Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fi...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 4 THROUGH 31. As to the friends of Job, they do not call for any extended remarks. They urge the doctrine that God's earthly government is a full measure and...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    YEA, THE LIGHT OF THE WICKED SHALL BE PUT OUT,.... Or "nevertheless" m; notwithstanding all this disregard and inattention to us, and contempt of us, and all the rage, and wrath, and pride, and haught...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine. Ver. 5. _Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out_] The ensuing description of a wicked man's unhappines...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Yea_ Depend upon it, the thing is true and certain, notwithstanding thy dissatisfaction and opposition to it; _the light of the wicked shall be put out_ All their glory and felicity shall perish: _an...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    BILDAD RECKONS JOB WITH THE HARDENED SINNERS...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Yea, that is, in spite of all Job's ranting, THE LIGHT OF THE WICKED SHALL BE PUT OUT, his prosperity utterly destroyed, AND THE SPARK OF HIS FIRE SHALL NOT SHINE, the flames of his snug and safe hear...

  • Leslie M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

    BILDAD'S STRONG REPROOF (vv.1-3) Bildad did not learn from Job's words to be a little more considerate than before, but shows only more strong opposition, reproving Job unjustly. He considered Job's...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    "INDEED": Notice Bildad's absolute confidence that such things always happen to the wicked in this life-and Job fits in that class. Obviously things are not true just because someone sincerely believe...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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 the...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    YEA; the thing is true and certain, notwithstanding thy dissatisfaction and opposition against it. THE LIGHT OF THE WICKED SHALL BE PUT OUT; all their glory and felicity shall perish. THE SPARK OF HIS...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 18:5 light H216 wicked H7563 out H1846 (H8799) flame H7632 fire H784 shine H5050 (H8799) the light -...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Bildad's second discourse on Job's case. CHARACTERS: God, Bildad, Job. CONCLUSION: The way of sin is a way of fear and leads to everlasting confusion, of which the present terrors of consc...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    Job 18:6. _The light shall be dark in his tabernacle._ Darkness is a most ancient figure of speech for all kinds of affliction. But to good men, “the Lord will make darkness light before them.” Isaiah...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _The light of the wicked shall be put out._ --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....

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _Then answered Bildad the Shuhite._ THE DANGER OF DENOUNCING WICKEDNESS How wonderfully well the three comforters painted the portrait of wickedness! Nothing can be added to their delineation of sin....

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 18:1 Like Eliphaz, Bildad expressed his frustration (vv. Job 18:2): Who is Job to maintain his position and criticize the words of his friends? The remainder of Bildad’s response is a...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JOB—NOTE ON JOB 18:5 Bildad is likely responding to Job with the repeated images of the LIGHT OF THE WICKED (FLAME, LAMP) going DARK ...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    _BILDAD’S SECOND SPEECH_ Bildad the bitterest and most hostile of the three friends. No speech as yet so insolent and provoking. Full of fiery scathing denunciation against—the wicked—intending, of c...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    EXPOSITION JOB 18:1 Bildad's second speech is no improvement upon his first (Job 8:1.). He has evidently been exceedingly nettled by Job's contemptuous words concerning his "comforters" (Job 16:2,...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    Then answered Bildad (Job 18:1), So this is Bildad's second discourse with him. How long will it be before you make an end of words? just make the mark, and afterwards we will speak. Why do you count...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Isaiah 50:11; Job 20:5; Proverbs 13:9; Proverbs 20:20; Proverbs 24:20

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