“The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.”
"The light is dark in his tent, and his lamp above him is put out." Even in the supposed safety of his tent, the wicked person lives in darkness. His lamp, the symbol of hope and security, is extinguished. The verse suggests that the wicked person's private space is also corrupted.
Church Fathers on Job 18:6
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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