How often is the candle of the wicked put out? The margin notes "lamp." A light, or a lamp, was an image of prosperity. There is pr…

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out? —This and the following verse are either a concession on the part of Job, as…

How oft is the candle of the wicked put out ?
&c.] Job here returns, as Jarchi observes, to his former account of th…

Job had described the prosperity of wicked people; in these verses he opposes this to what his friends had maintained about their certain ruin in t…

In the previous chapter, Zophar had already conceded, at least in part, to Job's opinion. He had affirmed that sins were punished after death, alth…