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class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/job/18.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/job/18.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/job/18.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />He is thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/job/18.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/job/18.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/job/18.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />He is driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/job/18.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />“He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/job/18.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />&#8220He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/job/18.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />“He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/job/18.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/job/18.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />“He is driven <i>and</i> propelled from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/job/18.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/job/18.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/job/18.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/job/18.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />thrown far from the light into a world of darkness, <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/job/18.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/job/18.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />He will be driven from the light into the dark and chased out of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/job/18.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />They will be driven out of the land of the living, driven from light into darkness. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/job/18.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/job/18.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/job/18.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/job/18.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/job/18.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/job/18.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />He will be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/job/18.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />They thrust him from light to darkness, "" And cast him out from the habitable earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/job/18.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> They thrust him from light unto darkness, And from the habitable earth cast him out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/job/18.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />They shall drive him out of light into darkness, and they shall exclude him from the habitable globe.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/job/18.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/job/18.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />He will expel him from light into darkness, and he will remove him from the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/job/18.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />He is driven from light into darkness, and banished from the world. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/job/18.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />They are thrust from light into darkness, and driven out of the world.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/job/18.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/job/18.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />He will be thrown out from light into darkness and from the world they will reject him<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/job/18.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />He shall be driven from light into darkness, And chased out of the world.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/job/18.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />Let <i>one</i> drive him from light into darkness.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/job/18-18.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/XAwuD5NuZq0?start=2798" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/job/18.htm">Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked</a></span><br>…<span class="reftext">17</span>The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land. <span class="reftext">18</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/1920.htm" title="1920: yeh·də·p̄u·hū (V-Qal-Imperf-3mp:: 3ms) -- To thrust, drive, push. A prim root; to push away or down.">He is driven</a> <a href="/hebrew/216.htm" title="216: mê·’ō·wr (Prep-m:: N-cs) -- A light. From 'owr; illumination or luminary.">from light</a> <a href="/hebrew/413.htm" title="413: ’el- (Prep) -- To, into, towards. ">into</a> <a href="/hebrew/2822.htm" title="2822: ḥō·šeḵ (N-ms) -- From chashak; the dark; hence darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness.">darkness</a> <a href="/hebrew/5074.htm" title="5074: yə·nid·du·hū (V-Hifil-Imperf-3mp:: 3ms) -- A primitive root; properly, to wave to and fro; figuratively, to rove, flee, or to drive away.">and is chased</a> <a href="/hebrew/8398.htm" title="8398: ū·mit·tê·ḇêl (Conj-w, Prep-m:: N-fs) -- From yabal; the earth; by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a partic. Land, as Babylonia, Palestine.">from the inhabited world.</a> </span><span class="reftext">19</span>He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/job/20-8.htm">Job 20:8</a></span><br />He will fly away like a dream, never to be found; he will be chased away like a vision in the night.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/37-10.htm">Psalm 37:10</a></span><br />Yet a little while, and the wicked will be no more; though you look for them, they will not be found.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19</a></span><br />How suddenly they are laid waste, completely swept away by terrors!<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/proverbs/10-25.htm">Proverbs 10:25</a></span><br />When the whirlwind passes, the wicked are no more, but the righteous are secure forever.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/17-13.htm">Isaiah 17:13</a></span><br />The nations rage like the rush of many waters. He rebukes them, and they flee far away, driven before the wind like chaff on the hills, like tumbleweeds before a gale.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/29-5.htm">Isaiah 29:5</a></span><br />But your many foes will be like fine dust, the multitude of the ruthless like blowing chaff. Then suddenly, in an instant,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/41-11.htm">Isaiah 41:11-12</a></span><br />Behold, all who rage against you will be ashamed and disgraced; those who contend with you will be reduced to nothing and will perish. / You will seek them but will not find them. Those who wage war against you will come to nothing.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/isaiah/57-20.htm">Isaiah 57:20-21</a></span><br />But the wicked are like the storm-tossed sea, for it cannot be still, and its waves churn up mire and muck. / “There is no peace,” says my God, “for the wicked.”<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/jeremiah/23-12.htm">Jeremiah 23:12</a></span><br />“Therefore their path will become slick; they will be driven away into the darkness and fall into it. For I will bring disaster upon them in the year of their punishment,” declares the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/daniel/2-35.htm">Daniel 2:35</a></span><br />Then the iron, clay, bronze, silver, and gold were shattered and became like chaff on the threshing floor in summer. The wind carried them away, and not a trace of them could be found. But the stone that had struck the statue became a great mountain and filled the whole earth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/7-23.htm">Matthew 7:23</a></span><br />Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/13-41.htm">Matthew 13:41-42</a></span><br />The Son of Man will send out His angels, and they will weed out of His kingdom every cause of sin and all who practice lawlessness. / And they will throw them into the fiery furnace, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/25-30.htm">Matthew 25:30</a></span><br />And throw that worthless servant into the outer darkness, where there will be weeping and gnashing of teeth.’<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/13-27.htm">Luke 13:27-28</a></span><br />And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’ / There will be weeping and gnashing of teeth when you see Abraham, Isaac, Jacob, and all the prophets in the kingdom of God, but you yourselves are thrown out.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/12-35.htm">John 12:35</a></span><br />Then Jesus told them, “For a little while longer, the Light will be among you. Walk while you have the Light, so that darkness will not overtake you. The one who walks in the darkness does not know where he is going.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.</p><p class="hdg">He shall be driven.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/3-20.htm">Job 3:20</a></b></br> Wherefore is light given to him that is in misery, and life unto the bitter <i>in</i> soul;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/10-22.htm">Job 10:22</a></b></br> A land of darkness, as darkness <i>itself; and</i> of the shadow of death, without any order, and <i>where</i> the light <i>is</i> as darkness.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/11-14.htm">Job 11:14</a></b></br> If iniquity <i>be</i> in thine hand, put it far away, and let not wickedness dwell in thy tabernacles.</p><p class="hdg">chased</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/job/20-8.htm">Job 20:8</a></b></br> He shall fly away as a dream, and shall not be found: yea, he shall be chased away as a vision of the night.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/proverbs/14-32.htm">Proverbs 14:32</a></b></br> The wicked is driven away in his wickedness: but the righteous hath hope in his death.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/isaiah/17-13.htm">Isaiah 17:13,14</a></b></br> The nations shall rush like the rushing of many waters: but <i>God</i> shall rebuke them, and they shall flee far off, and shall be chased as the chaff of the mountains before the wind, and like a rolling thing before the whirlwind… </p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/1_chronicles/12-1.htm">Banished</a> <a href="/job/18-8.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/nehemiah/13-28.htm">Chased</a> <a href="/job/18-6.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/job/17-13.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/job/13-25.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/job/18-17.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/job/7-1.htm">Forced</a> <a href="/exodus/16-35.htm">Habitable</a> <a href="/job/15-28.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/job/18-6.htm">Light</a> <a href="/job/18-8.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/job/15-7.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/job/20-8.htm">Banished</a> <a href="/job/19-3.htm">Cast</a> <a href="/job/20-8.htm">Chased</a> <a href="/job/19-8.htm">Dark</a> <a href="/job/19-8.htm">Darkness</a> <a href="/job/20-8.htm">Driven</a> <a href="/job/19-25.htm">Earth</a> <a href="/job/20-15.htm">Forced</a> <a href="/job/34-13.htm">Habitable</a> <a href="/job/37-12.htm">Inhabited</a> <a href="/job/22-11.htm">Light</a> <a href="/job/24-4.htm">Thrust</a> <a href="/job/34-13.htm">World</a><div class="vheading2">Job 18</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/18-1.htm">Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience</a></span><br><span class="reftext">5. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/job/18-5.htm">The calamities of the wicked</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script> <br /><br /> </div> </td></tr></table></div></div></div><div id="combox"><div class="padcom"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheading"><table width="100%"><tr><td width="99%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/18.htm">Study Bible</a></td><td width="1%" valign="top"><a href="/study/job/" title="Book Summary and Study">Book ◦</a> <a href="/study/chapters/job/18.htm" title="Chapter summary and Study">Chapter </a></tr></table></div><b>He is driven from light into darkness</b><br>This phrase reflects the fate of the wicked, a recurring theme in the Book of Job. The imagery of moving from light to darkness symbolizes a transition from life, prosperity, and divine favor to death, despair, and divine judgment. Biblically, light often represents God's presence and truth (<a href="/psalms/27.htm">Psalm 27:1</a>, <a href="/john/8-12.htm">John 8:12</a>), while darkness signifies separation from God and evil (<a href="/isaiah/5-20.htm">Isaiah 5:20</a>, <a href="/john/3-19.htm">John 3:19</a>). Theologically, this can be seen as a metaphor for spiritual death and eternal separation from God, aligning with the New Testament's depiction of hell as "outer darkness" (<a href="/matthew/8-12.htm">Matthew 8:12</a>). The phrase also echoes the fate of those who reject God, as seen in <a href="/romans/1-21.htm">Romans 1:21</a>, where their foolish hearts are darkened.<p><b>and is chased from the inhabited world</b><br>This part of the verse suggests a complete removal from society and community, indicating both physical and social death. In the ancient Near Eastern context, being cut off from the community was a severe punishment, often equated with being cursed or exiled. This reflects the ultimate disgrace and loss of identity, as seen in the fate of Cain (<a href="/genesis/4-12.htm">Genesis 4:12-14</a>) and the Israelites during the Babylonian exile (<a href="/2_kings/25-21.htm">2 Kings 25:21</a>). Theologically, it can be interpreted as a foreshadowing of the final judgment, where the unrighteous are separated from the righteous (<a href="/matthew/25-32.htm">Matthew 25:32-33</a>). This separation underscores the biblical principle that sin leads to isolation from God and others, contrasting with the communal and eternal life promised to believers (<a href="/revelation/21-3.htm">Revelation 21:3-4</a>).<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/b/bildad_the_shuhite.htm">Bildad the Shuhite</a></b><br>One of Job's three friends who comes to comfort him. In this chapter, Bildad is speaking, offering his perspective on the fate of the wicked.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/j/job.htm">Job</a></b><br>The central figure of the book, a man of great faith and patience who endures immense suffering and loss.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_wicked.htm">The Wicked</a></b><br>In this context, Bildad describes the fate of the wicked, implying that Job's suffering is due to some hidden sin.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/d/darkness.htm">Darkness</a></b><br>Symbolic of judgment, despair, and separation from God's favor.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_inhabited_world.htm">The Inhabited World</a></b><br>Represents the community or society from which the wicked are ostracized.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/t/the_consequences_of_wickedness.htm">The Consequences of Wickedness</a></b><br>Bildad's speech, though misapplied to Job, highlights a biblical truth that wickedness leads to separation from God and community.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/m/misjudging_others.htm">Misjudging Others</a></b><br>Bildad's error serves as a caution against assuming that suffering is always a result of personal sin.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_symbolism_of_light_and_darkness.htm">The Symbolism of Light and Darkness</a></b><br>Light represents God's presence and truth, while darkness symbolizes separation and judgment.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/c/community_and_isolation.htm">Community and Isolation</a></b><br>The wicked being "chased from the inhabited world" underscores the importance of community and the consequences of sin leading to isolation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_judgment.htm">God's Sovereignty in Judgment</a></b><br>Ultimately, it is God who judges and determines the fate of individuals, not human assumptions or accusations.<div class="vheading2">Lists and Questions</div><a href="/top10/lessons_from_job_18.htm">Top 10 Lessons from Job 18</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_does_the_bible_say_on_secret_societies.htm">What does the Bible say about Christian secret societies?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/how_does_job_18_align_with_wicked_unpunished.htm">How can Job 18's portrayal of swift divine retribution be reconciled with real-world cases where the wicked seem to escape judgment?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/does_amos_5_18_contradict_hopeful_texts.htm">Amos 5:18 - If the 'Day of the Lord' is described here as darkness, does this contradict other biblical texts that portray it as a time of hope or victory?</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/q/what_are_septuagesima,_etc._sundays.htm">What does 'The Lord is my light and salvation' mean?</a><a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/job/18.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 18.</span> - <span class="cmt_word">He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world</span> (comp. <a href="/job/10-21.htm">Job 10:21, 22</a>; <a href="/job/17-16.htm">Job 17:16</a>). What Job represents as a welcome retreat, whither he would gladly withdraw himself, Bildad depicts as a banishment, into which he will be driven on account of his sins. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/job/18-18.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">He is driven</span><br /><span class="heb">יֶ֭הְדְּפֻהוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yeh·də·p̄u·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1920.htm">Strong's 1920: </a> </span><span class="str2">To thrust, drive, push</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from light</span><br /><span class="heb">מֵא֣וֹר</span> <span class="translit">(mê·’ō·wr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-m | Noun - common singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_216.htm">Strong's 216: </a> </span><span class="str2">Illumination, luminary</span><br /><br /><span class="word">into</span><br /><span class="heb">אֶל־</span> <span class="translit">(’el-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_413.htm">Strong's 413: </a> </span><span class="str2">Near, with, among, to</span><br /><br /><span class="word">darkness</span><br /><span class="heb">חֹ֑שֶׁךְ</span> <span class="translit">(ḥō·šeḵ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_2822.htm">Strong's 2822: </a> </span><span class="str2">The dark, darkness, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and is chased</span><br /><span class="heb">יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃</span> <span class="translit">(yə·nid·du·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5074.htm">Strong's 5074: </a> </span><span class="str2">To wave to and fro, to rove, flee, to drive away</span><br /><br /><span class="word">from the inhabited world.</span><br /><span class="heb">וּֽמִתֵּבֵ֥ל</span> <span class="translit">(ū·mit·tê·ḇêl)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8398.htm">Strong's 8398: </a> </span><span class="str2">The earth, the globe, its inhabitants, a particular land</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/job/18-18.htm">Job 18:18 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/job/18-18.htm">OT Poetry: Job 18:18 He shall be driven from light into (Jb) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/job/18-17.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Job 18:17"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Job 18:17" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/job/18-19.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Job 18:19"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Job 18:19" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>