Bible Strands
Job 18:6
The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Bildad speaks to Job in his second discourse, describing the sudden collapse of the wicked man’s household security.
The words — חָשַׁךְ (cha.Shakh) means "it grows dark," and יִדְעַךְ (yid.'Akh) means "it is extinguished," both describing the failure of illumination.
The thread — The motif of the extinguished lamp appears in Job 18:5, is questioned in Job 21:17, and is echoed in Revelation 18:23 as a sign of final judgment.
Why it lands — The text states that a man’s tent light fades and his lamp goes out, demanding the reader recognize that worldly security is fragile and subject to divine reversal.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.
Cross-references
- Job 21:17 How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
- Psalms 18:28 For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
- Revelation 18:23 The light of a lamp will never shine in you again, and the voices of a bride and bridegroom will never call out in you again. For your merchants were the great ones of the earth, because all the nations were deceived by your sorcery.”