Job 18:5 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

“Surely the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of their fire does not shine.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the flame of his fire shall not shine. [Prov. 13:9; 24:20.]

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

To be sure, the light of the wicked goes out; the blaze of their fire doesn’t shine.

Catholic Public Domain Version

Will not the light of the impious be put out, and the flame of his fire refuse to shine?

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

Shall not the light of the wicked be extinguished, and the flame of his fire not shine?

Job 18:5 Cross References

Job 15:30

they will not escape from darkness; the flame will dry up their shoots, and their blossom will be swept away by the wind.

Job 18:4

You who tear yourself in your anger— shall the earth be forsaken because of you or the rock be removed out of its place?

Job 20:5

that the exulting of the wicked is short and the joy of the godless is but for a moment?

Job 21:17

“How often is the lamp of the wicked put out? How often does calamity come upon them? How often does God distribute pains in his anger?

Proverbs 13:9

The light of the righteous rejoices, but the lamp of the wicked goes out.

Proverbs 20:20

If you curse father or mother, your lamp will go out in utter darkness.

Proverbs 21:4

Haughty eyes and a proud heart— the lamp of the wicked—are sin.

Proverbs 24:20

for the evil have no future; the lamp of the wicked will go out.

Proverbs 4:19

The way of the wicked is like deep darkness; they do not know what they stumble over.

Isaiah 50:11

But all of you are kindlers of fire, lighters of firebrands. Walk in the flame of your fire and among the brands that you have kindled! This is what you shall have from my hand: you shall lie down in torment.

Isaiah 57:20

But the wicked are like the tossing sea that cannot keep still; its waters toss up mire and mud.

Ezekiel 32:7

When I blot you out, I will cover the heavens and make their stars dark; I will cover the sun with a cloud, and the moon shall not give its light.