Job 18:18
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 18:18 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 18:18 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He...: Heb. They shall drive him" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 18:18 — KJV
“He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He...: Heb. They shall drive him”
— Job 18:18 (KJV)
Job 18:18 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 18:18
“And upon them that are left alive of you I will send a faintness into their hearts in the lands of their enemies; and the sound of a shaken leaf shall chase them; and they shall flee, as fleeing from a sword; and they shall fall when none pursueth. shaken: Heb. driven”
Shares key themes with Job 18:18: driven, into, heb
“And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them. straight: Heb. into straightness”
Shares key themes with Job 18:18: light, into, darkness
“I have therefore delivered him into the hand of the mighty one of the heathen; he shall surely deal with him: I have driven him out for his wickedness. he...: Heb. in doing he shall do unto him”
Shares key themes with Job 18:18: driven, into, heb
“And this is the condemnation, that light is come into the world, and men loved darkness rather than light, because their deeds were evil.”
Shares key themes with Job 18:18: light, into, darkness
“I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on me should not abide in darkness.”
Shares key themes with Job 18:18: light, into, darkness
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