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Job 18:6

his candle shall be put out with him The meaning is either: his lamp shall be put out over him, the idea being that it was hung in his dwelling above him or shone upon him, cf. ch. Job 29:3, "when God's lamp shined upon my head"; or, his lamp shall be put out to him, the prep. being the same reflexive, untranslateable word referred to on ch. Job 14:22.

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See also Job 18:6 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    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_]...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    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 who...

  • 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

    DARK. Hebrew. _hashak:_ see note on Job 3:6. showing that the man is dead, and not alive to keep the light burning. TABERNACLE. tent. CANDLE. lamp. WITH HIM. over him: see note on "dark", above....

  • 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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _THE LIGHT SHALL BE DARK IN HIS TABERNACLE, AND HIS CANDLE SHALL BE PUT OUT WITH HIM._ Candle - the lamp which in the East is usually fastened to the ceiling. Oil abounds in those regions, and the la...

  • 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

    אֹ֖ור חָשַׁ֣ךְ בְּ אָהֳלֹ֑ו וְ֝ נֵרֹ֗ו עָלָ֥י

  • 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...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Light; prosperity, (Menochius) offspring, &c. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    (6) The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. (7) The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down. (8) For he is cast...

  • 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

    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]...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. Ver. 6. _The light shall be dark in his tabernacle_] The glory of his family shall be obscured; he and his shall c...

  • 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

    The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle, the lamp suspended from the crosspiece above his head, SHALL BE PUT OUT WITH HIM, this being a picture of utter desolation to the Oriental mi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    BILDAD RECKONS JOB WITH THE HARDENED SINNERS...

  • 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...

  • Marginal Notes in the King James Version (1611)

    CANDLE: Or, lamp...

  • Mark Dunagan Commentaries

    The term "tent" indicates that when this book was written many people still lived in tents....

  • 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

    IN HIS TABERNACLE. i.e. in his family. _Instead_ of his former splendour, both he and his shall fall into extremity of misery. HIS CANDLE SHALL BE PUT OUT WITH HIM, i.e. his glory shall die with him,...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Job 18:6 light H216 dark H2821 (H8804) tent H168 lamp H5216 out H1846 (H8799) candle - or, lamp,...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    Job 18:6 There is a fourfold light in our nature, placed there by our Creator, the Father of our spirits. There is the light of the understanding, the light of the judgment, the light of the conscien...

  • 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

    Job 21:17; Psalms 18:28; Revelation 18:23...

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