Job 18:5
What does Job 18:5 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 18:5 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
KJV
King James Version · 1611Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 21:17
How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? ThatGod distributeth sorrows in his anger?
- Proverbs 13:9
The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Job 20:5
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
- Proverbs 24:20
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
- Proverbs 4:19
The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
- Proverbs 20:20
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
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