Job 18:18
Old Testament • 5 words with Strong's data
"He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world."
Word-by-Word Analysis
נָדַח
nâdach
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
חֹשֶׁךְ
chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
רָדַף
râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
תֵּבֵל
têbêl
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia,...
Key Terms in This Verse
רָדַף râdaph
to run after (usually with hostile intent; figuratively (of time) gone by)
Study H7291 →נָדַח nâdach
to push off; used in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively (to expel, mislead, strike, inflict, etc.)
Study H5080 →חֹשֶׁךְ chôshek
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness
Study H2822 →אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →תֵּבֵל têbêl
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a particular land, as Babylonia, Palestine
Study H8398 →Cross References
He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.
A land of darkness, as darkness itself; and of the shadow of death, without any order, and where the light is as darkness.
Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter in soul;
Raging waves of the sea, foaming out their own shame; wandering stars, to whom is reserved the blackness of darkness for ever.
The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.
They meet with darkness in the day time, and grope in the noonday as in the night.
If iniquity be in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.
The same hour was the thing fulfilled upon Nebuchadnezzar: and he was driven from men, and did eat grass as oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven, till his hairs were grown like eagles’ fe...
And he was driven from the sons of men; and his heart was made like the beasts, and his dwelling was with the wild asses: they fed him with grass like oxen, and his body was wet with the dew of heaven...
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