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Atomic Bible
Job 18:5
Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished;
from Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked, Job 18:1-21
What it says

Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire gives no light.

What it is doing

This verse begins the speech's central description of the wicked person's fate.

In context

1Then Bildad the Shuhite replied: 2“How long until you end these speeches? 3Why are we regarded as cattle, 4You who tear yourself in anger— 5Indeed, the lamp of the wicked is extinguished; 6The light in his tent grows dark, 7His vigorous stride is shortened, 8For his own feet lead him into a net, 9A trap seizes his heel; 10A noose is hidden in the ground, 11Terrors frighten him on every side 12His strength is depleted, 13It devours patches of his skin; 14He is torn from the shelter of his tent 15Fire resides in his tent; 16The roots beneath him dry up, 17The memory of him perishes from the earth, 18He is driven from light into darkness 19He has no offspring or posterity among his people, 20Those in the west are appalled at his fate, 21Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked