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"Yes, the light of the wicked shall be put out, The spark of his fire shall not shine.
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The Fire of Prosperity
Commentators explain that "light" and "fire" are powerful metaphors for prosperity, joy, and influence. One scholar highlights a specific cultural image: the fire of hospitality. In the ancient Near East, a bright fire signaled a welcome to travelers. Bildad argues that the wicked will lose their prosperity so completely that even this basic light of community and honor will be extinguished.
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Yea - Truly; or, behold. Bildad here commences his remarks on the certain destiny of the wicked, and strings together a number of apparently…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Yea, the light of the wicked shall be put out Or "nevertheless" F13 ; notwithstanding all this disregard …
Bildad describes the miserable condition of a wicked man; where there is much certain truth, if we consider that a sinful condition is a sad condit…
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13th Century
Catholic
Since Bildad the Shuhite could not grasp what blessed Job meant, he assumed that what he himself did not understand was spoken without basis. At th…
