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Job 18:6 Cross-References
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“The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. candle: or, lamp”
Job 18:6 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 18:6
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him—Bildad's second speech continues with vivid imagery of the wicked's destruction. The Hebrew 'or (אוֹר, 'light') becoming chashak (חָשַׁךְ, 'dark') reverses creation itself (Genesis 1:3). The ner (נֵר, 'lamp/candle') extinguished symbolizes both life ending (Proverbs 20:27—'the spirit of man is the candle of the LORD') and dynasty terminating (1 Kings 11:36).In 'ohalo (אָהֳלוֹ, 'his tent/tabernacle'), the wicked finds no refuge—domestic space offers no protection from divine judgment. This imagery anticipates Je...
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 18:6
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“And the light of a candle shall shine no more at all in thee; and the voice of the bridegroom and of the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee: for thy merchants were the great men of the earth; for by thy sorceries were all nations deceived.”
“Yahweh. My God will light up my darkness.”