VERSE STUDY • KJV

Job 18:6

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

Read it in 5 translations

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.

The light shall be dark in his tent. His lamp above him shall be put out.

The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.

The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

3 Wherefore are we counted as beasts, [and] reputed vile in your sight?

4 He teareth himself in his anger: shall the earth be forsaken for thee? and shall the rock be removed out of his place?

5 Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.

6 The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

7 The steps of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down.

8 For he is cast into a net by his own feet, and he walketh upon a snare.

9 The gin shall take [him] by the heel, [and] the robber shall prevail against him.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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