Job 18:5
Old Testament • 7 words with Strong's data
"Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אוֹר
ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
רָשָׁע
râshâʻ
morally wrong; concretely, an (actively) bad person
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
אוֹר
ʼôwr
to be (causative, make) luminous (literally and metaphorically)
Key Terms in This Verse
אוֹר ʼôwr
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)
Study H216 →נָתַן nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
Study H5414 →Cross References
The light of the righteous rejoiceth: but the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Whoso curseth his father or his mother, his lamp shall be put out in obscure darkness.
How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! God distributeth sorrows in his anger.
The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know not at what they stumble.
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...
That the triumphing of the wicked is short, and the joy of the hypocrite but for a moment?
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