Job 18:6
Good News Translation
The lamp in their tents will be darkened.

New Revised Standard Version
The light is dark in their tent, and the lamp above them is put out.

Contemporary English Version
leaving their tents dark.

New American Bible
In his tent light is darkness; the lamp above him goes out.

Douay-Rheims Bible
The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.

candle.

Job 21:17 How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?

Psalm 18:28 For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God, enlighten my darkness.

Revelation 18:23 And the light of the lamp shall shine no more at all in thee: and the voice of the bridegroom and the bride shall be heard no more at all in thee. For thy merchants were the great men of the earth: for all nations have been deceived by thy enchantments.

Context
Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked
5Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine? 6The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.7The step of his strength shall be straitened, and his own counsel shall cast him down headlong.…
Cross References
Job 12:25
They shall grope as in the dark, and not in the light, and he shall make them stagger like men that are drunk.

Job 18:14
Let his confidence be rooted out of his tabernacle, and let destruction tread upon him like a king.

Job 21:17
How often shall the lamp of the wicked be put out, and a deluge come upon them, and he shall distribute the sorrows of his wrath?

Job 29:3
When his lamp shined over my head, and I walked by his light in darkness?

Psalm 18:28
For thou lightest my lamp, O Lord: O my God, enlighten my darkness.

Proverbs 4:19
My son, hearken to my words, and incline thy ear to my sayings.

Proverbs 24:20
For evil men have no hope of things to come, and the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.

Ezekiel 32:7
And I will cover the heavens, when thou shalt be put out, and I will make the stars thereof dark: I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give her light.

Job 18:5
Top of Page
Top of Page