Job 18:5-6
5 “Yes, ▼
▼tn Hebrew גַּם (gam, “also; moreover”), in view of what has just been said.
the lamp ▼▼sn The lamp or the light can have a number of uses in the Bible. Here it is probably an implied metaphor for prosperity and happiness, for the good life itself.
of the wicked is extinguished; his flame of fire ▼
▼tn The expression is literally “the flame of his fire,” but the pronominal suffix qualifies the entire bound construction. The two words together intensify the idea of the flame.
does not shine. 6 The light in his tent grows dark;
his lamp above him is extinguished. ▼
▼tn The LXX interprets a little more precisely: “his lamp shall be put out with him.”
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