Verse | Translation | Text |
Job 18:6 | Strong Concordance | The light [0216] shall be dark [02821] in his tabernacle [0168], and his candle [05216] shall be put out [01846] with him. |
King James | The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him. |
A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
candle--the lamp which in the East is usually fastened to the ceiling. Oil abounds in those regions, and the lamp was kept burning all night, as now in Egypt, where the poorest would rather dispense with food than the night lamp (Psa 18:28). To put out the lamp was an image of utter desolation. |