Job 18:5

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

גַּם אוֹר רְשָׁעִים יִדְעָךְ וְלֹא־יִגַּהּ שְׁבִיב אִשּׁוֹ

Transliteration

gam ʾôr rəšāʿîm yidʿāḵ wəlōʾ-yiggah šəbîb ʾiššô

Grammar Details

*gam*: adverb - also/even
*ʾôr*: noun, masculine singular construct - light of
*rəšāʿîm*: noun, masculine plural - wicked men
*yidʿāḵ*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will be extinguished
*wəlōʾ*: conjunction + negative particle - and not
*yiggah*: Qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - it will shine
*šəbîb*: noun, masculine singular construct - flame of
*ʾiššô*: noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his fire

Word Meanings

*gam*: also/even/moreover
*ʾôr*: light/illumination
*rəšāʿîm*: wicked men/evil ones
*yidʿāḵ*: will be extinguished/quenched/put out
*wəlōʾ-yiggah*: and will not shine/radiate
*šəbîb*: flame/spark
*ʾiššô*: his fire/flame

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

Prov 13:9 : 9 The light of the righteous rejoiceth; But the lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Prov 20:20 : 20 Whoso curseth his father or his mother, His lamp shall be put out in blackness of darkness.
Prov 24:20 : 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; The lamp of the wicked shall be put out.
Job 21:17 : 17 How oft is it that the lamp of the wicked is put out? That their calamity cometh upon them? That [God] distributeth sorrows in his anger?
Prov 4:19 : 19 The way of the wicked is as darkness: They know not at what they stumble.
Job 20:5 : 5 That the triumphing of the wicked is short, And the joy of the godless but for a moment?
Isa 50:11 : 11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that gird yourselves about with firebrands; walk ye in the flame of your fire, and among the brands that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of my hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

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