the Week of Christ the King / Proper 29 / Ordinary 34
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Job 18:5
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"Surely the light of the wicked will be snuffed out. The sparks of their fire will not glow.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
"The lamp of the wicked will be put out, and the flame in their lamps will stop burning.
"Yes, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire does not shine.
Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
"Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.
"Indeed, the light of the wicked will be put out, And the flame of his fire will not shine.
"Indeed, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
Whethir the liyt of a wickid man schal not be quenchid; and the flawme of his fier schal not schyne?
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; the flame of his fire does not glow.
The lamps of sinful people soon are snuffed out,
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, And the spark of his fire shall not shine.
For the light of the sinner is put out, and the flame of his fire is not shining.
"The light of the wicked will flicker and die, not a spark from his fire will shine,
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine.
"Yes, the light of those who are evil will go out. Their fire will stop burning.
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe put out, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.
"Yes, the light of the sinful is put out. His fire does not give light.
"Surely the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of their fire does not shine.
Yea, the light of the wicked shalbe quenched, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.
Yea, the lamp of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.
The light of the wicked will still be put out; its flame will never burn again.
Even the light of the lawless, shall go out, - Neither shall shine the flame of his fire;
Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?
"Yea, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine.
Yea, the light of the vngodly shalbe put out, and the sparke of his fire shall not shine.
But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, and their flame shall not go up.
Yes, the light of the wicked is extinguished;the flame of his fire does not glow.
"Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.
Furthermore, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire will not shine.
Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out; and the spark of his fire shall not blaze.
Also, the light of the wicked is extinguished. And there doth not shine a spark of his fire.
Shal not the light of the vngodly be put out? yee the flame of his fyre shal not burne.
"Here's the rule: The light of the wicked is put out. Their flame dies down and is extinguished. Their house goes dark— every lamp in the place goes out. Their strong strides weaken, falter; they stumble into their own traps. They get all tangled up in their own red tape, Their feet are grabbed and caught, their necks in a noose. They trip on ropes they've hidden, and fall into pits they've dug themselves. Terrors come at them from all sides. They run helter-skelter. The hungry grave is ready to gobble them up for supper, To lay them out for a gourmet meal, a treat for ravenous Death. They are snatched from their home sweet home and marched straight to the death house. Their lives go up in smoke; acid rain soaks their ruins. Their roots rot and their branches wither. They'll never again be remembered— nameless in unmarked graves. They are plunged from light into darkness, banished from the world. And they leave empty-handed—not one single child— nothing to show for their life on this earth. Westerners are aghast at their fate, easterners are horrified: ‘Oh no! So this is what happens to perverse people. This is how the God-ignorant end up!'"
"Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the spark from his fire does not shine.
"The light of the wicked indeed goes out, And the flame of his fire does not shine.
"Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out, And the flame of his fire gives no light.
"Indeed, the light of the wicked goes out,And the flame of his fire gives no light.
Contextual Overview
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from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge
the light: Job 20:5, Proverbs 4:19, Proverbs 13:9, Proverbs 20:20, Proverbs 24:20
spark: Isaiah 50:11
Reciprocal: Esther 7:6 - was afraid Job 12:5 - a lamp Job 13:4 - ye are forgers Job 15:23 - the day Job 15:30 - depart Job 20:26 - darkness Job 21:17 - oft Job 38:15 - from Ecclesiastes 8:13 - it shall Isaiah 57:20 - like Ezekiel 32:7 - put thee out Hosea 9:11 - their Matthew 25:8 - for
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Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
And Jacob said, Nay, I pray thee, if now I have found grace in thy sight, then receive my present at my hand: for therefore I have seen thy face, as though I had seen the face of God, and thou wast pleased with me.
Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and set it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.
And Manoah said unto the angel of the Lord , I pray thee, let us detain thee, until we shall have made ready a kid for thee.
And it came to pass on the fourth day, when they arose early in the morning, that he rose up to depart: and the damsel's father said unto his son in law, Comfort thine heart with a morsel of bread, and afterward go your way.
And wine that maketh glad the heart of man, and oil to make his face to shine, and bread which strengtheneth man's heart.
For, behold, the Lord, the Lord of hosts, doth take away from Jerusalem and from Judah the stay and the staff, the whole stay of bread, and the whole stay of water.
Give us this day our daily bread.
Gill's Notes on the 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 haughtiness discovered, as if the laws of nature, and stated methods of Providence, must all give way to justify a man in such circumstances as show him to be wicked; this will certainly be his case, his "light shall be put out"; meaning not the light of his eyes, or his corporeal light, which sometimes has been the case of wicked men, as was of the Sodomites, since this, through accident, or old age, is common to good and bad then; but rather moral light, the light of nature, with which every man is enlightened that comes into the world; by which he can discern things natural and civil, and in some degree things moral and religious, though in a very dim manner; and which, when it is abused, may be taken away, and men be given up to judicial blindness, and to a reprobate mind, a mind void of sense and judgment. Cocceius thinks light of doctrine may be intended, speculative and notional light and knowledge of divine things, as of God, and his perfections, which may be more clearly discerned by revelation than by the light of nature; and of Christ, his person, offices, and grace; and of the Gospel, and each of the doctrines of it, which men may be enlightened into, and yet be wicked men, as Balsam, and others; which knowledge may be lost, and light put out, as in the man that had but one talent, and neglected it, and in the idle shepherd, Matthew 25:29; to which may be added the light of joy, or a flash of natural affections that sometimes is to be observed in hypocritical persons, or notional professors, which in time is lost, and comes to nothing, as in Herod and the stony ground hearers, Mark 6:20; but as for the true spiritual light, and experimental knowledge, that can never be lost or put out, but shines more and more unto the perfect day: but it seems best by "light" here to understand outward prosperity, for as darkness is often put for adversity, so light for prosperity in civil things, see Esther 8:16; but then, though this in wicked men is often put out, and they are reduced to distressed circumstances, yet not always; and it sometimes is the case of good men, and was the case of Job, which Bildad had his eye upon, see Job 29:2;
and the spark of his fire shall not shine; all his carnal reasonings, the effects of the light of nature, and all his schemes, especially religious ones built upon them, shall all come to nothing, and be of no effect or use unto him, see Isaiah 50:11; or the sense is, that he shall be reduced to so low a condition in things civil, that he shall have no light nor heat, nor joy and comfort, in this sense; no, not so much as a spark of outward happiness shall be left him.
m גם "attamen, nihilominus", Cocceius, Schultens; so the Targum.
Barnes' Notes on the Bible
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 would certainly overtake the wicked. There is nothing particularly new in his argument, though the use of the various images which he employs shows how deep was the conviction of this doctrine at that time, and how extensively it prevailed.
The light of the wicked shall be put out - Light here is an emblem of prosperity.
The spark of his fire - Hebrew the flame of his fire. There may be an allusion here to the customs of Arabian hospitality. This was, and is, their national glory, and it is their boast that no one is ever refused it. The emblem of fire or flame here may refer to the custom of kindling a fire on an eminence, near a dwelling, to attract the stranger to share the hospitality of the owner of it; or it may refer to the fire in his tent, which the stranger was always at liberty to share. In the collection of the Arabian poems, called the Hamasa, this idea occurs almost in the words of Bildad. The extract was furnished me by the Rev. Eli Smith. It is a boast of Salamiel, a prince of Tema. In extolling the virtues of his tribe, he says, “No fire of ours was ever extinguished at night without a guest; and of our guests never did one disparage us.” The idea here is, that the wicked would attempt to show hospitality, but the means would be taken away. He would not be permitted to enjoy the coveted reputation of showing it to the stranger, and the fire which might invite the traveler, or which might confer comfort on him, would be put out in his dwelling. The inability to extend the offer of a liberal hospitality would be equivalent to the deepest poverty or the most trying affliction.
Clarke's Notes on the Bible
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 perverted the understanding which God hath given thee. Let that understanding, that abused gift, be taken away. From this verse to the end of the chapter is a continual invective against Job.
