“Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out, and the spark of his fire shall not shine.”
"Yea, the light of the wicked is put out, and the flame of his fire does not shine." Bildad returns to the fate of the wicked. Their light is extinguished, their flame fails to shine. The verse establishes the theme of the chapter: the inevitable darkness that engulfs the wicked.
Church Fathers on Job 18:5
In a former part of this work we have handled the point, that Almighty God, in order to amend the hearts of those under the law, brought forward the life of blessed Job for a testimony, who knew not the law and yet kept it, who observed the precepts of life, which he had not received in writing. This man’s conduct is first extolled by God’s bearing witness to it, and is afterwards suffered to be put to the proof by the devil’s plotting against it, that he might prove by the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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