Job 18:6 meaning and explanation
The light in his tent grows dark, and the lamp beside him goes out.
Job 18:6, Berean Standard Bible
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Bildad the Shuhite is answering Job in the second cycle of speeches, and he is offended that Job keeps insisting on his innocence. In verses 5 to 21 he paints a portrait of what happens to the wicked, and verse 6 uses the image of a tent, the ancient Near Eastern home, to say that the wrongdoer's prosperity and safety collapse.
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