King James Version

Job 18:6

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and his candle shall be put out with him.

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א֭וֹרorbrightאוֹרnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “bright”, the ordinary formH216illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.)bright, clear, [phrase] day, light (-ning), morning, sun.חָשַׁ֣ךְchashakhbe blackחָשַׁךְverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be black”, a completed actionH2821to be dark (as withholding light); transitively, to darkenbe black, be (make) dark, darken, cause darkness, be dim, hide.בְּאָהֳל֑וֹbeaholvoin tentאֹהֶלpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “in tent”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH168a tent (as clearly conspicuous from a distance)covering, (dwelling) (place), home, tabernacle, tent.וְ֝נֵר֗וֹvenervoand lampנִירconjunction, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and lamp”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH5216a lamp (i.e. the burner) or light (literally or figuratively)candle, lamp, light.עָלָ֥יוalayvaboveעַלpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…יִדְעָֽךְyidakhebe extinctדָּעַךְverb, qal, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “be extinct”, an unfinished actionH1846to be extinguished; figuratively, to expire or be dried upbe extinct, consumed, put out, quenched.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

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American Standard Version (1901)

The light shall be dark in his tent, And his lamp above him shall be put out.

Young’s Literal Translation

The light hath been dark in his tent, And his lamp over him is extinguished.

World English Bible

The light will be dark in his tent. His lamp above him will be put out.

Darby Translation

The light shall become dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

Douay-Rheims

The light shall be dark in his tabernacle, and the lamp that is over him, shall be put out.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

The light shall be dark in his tent, and his lamp over him shall be put out.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

His light shall be darkness in his habitation, and his lamp shall be put out with him.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὸ φῶς αὐτοῦ σκότος ἐν διαίτῃ, ὁ δὲ λύχνος ἐπʼ αὐτῷ σβεσθήσεται.