Job 18:5

King James 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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King James 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 obscure darkness.
Prov 24:20 : 20 For there shall be no reward to the evil man; the candle of the wicked shall be put out.
Job 21:17 : 17 How oft is the candle of the wicked put out! and how oft cometh their destruction upon them! 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 hypocrite but for a moment?
Isa 50:11 : 11 Behold, all ye that kindle a fire, that compass yourselves about with sparks: walk in the light of your fire, and in the sparks that ye have kindled. This shall ye have of mine hand; ye shall lie down in sorrow.

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