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Job 18:5 — King James Version← Study notes

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


Job 18:5Hebrew Interlinear

Hebrew · Job 18:58 words
HebrewMeaning
גַּ֤םgam
alsoparticleH1571
alike · also · as · both ...and ···
א֣וֹרʾwōr
the light ofnounH216
clear · day · light · morning ···
רְשָׁעִ֣יםrəšāʿiym
wicked peopleadjH7563
condemned · ungodly · wicked · that did wrong
יִדְעָ֑ךְyidəʿākə
it is extinguishedverbH1846
consumed · put out · quenched
וְ/לֹֽאwəlōʾ
and notconjH3808
before · or else · except · ig ···
יִ֝גַּ֗הּyigah
it shinesverbH5050
shine
שְׁבִ֣יבšəbiyb
the flame ofnounH7632
אִשּֽׁ/וֹʾišwō
fire hisnounH784
fiery · fire · flaming · hot
Words are listed top to bottom following the original right-to-left reading order. אֵת (ʾēṯ) is a direct object marker with no English equivalent, shown faded.

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…

Gregory the Great · 6th century · Morals on Job, Book 14 §1
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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