Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked
Job 18:6
In 11 translations
- BSB
- The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
- KJV
- The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.candle: or, lamp
- WEB
- The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.
- ASV
- The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.
- LSV
- The light has been dark in his tent, || And his lamp over him is extinguished.
- YLT
- The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.
- DBY
- The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
- DRC
- The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.
- GNV
- The light shalbe darke in his dwelling, and his candle shalbe put out with him.
- JPS
- The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.
- LXXE
- His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.
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Words in brackets are English the glossers added; the Hebrew has no word for them, and they can carry a choice of tense or meaning.
Original-language editions
- WLC
- א֭וֹר חָשַׁ֣ךְ בְּאָהֳל֑וֹ וְ֝נֵר֗וֹ עָלָ֥יו יִדְעָֽךְ׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.
- LXX-Br
- Τὸ φῶς αὐτοῦ σκότος ἐν διαίτῃ, ὁ δὲ λύχνος ἐπʼ αὐτῷ σβεσθήσεται.
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Cross-references most cited first
- Psalms 18:28For You, O LORD, light my lamp; my God lights up my darkness.
- Revelation 18:23The 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…
- Job 21:17How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? Does disaster come upon them? Does God, in His anger, apportion destruction?
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