Job 18:18
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
"He is drivenיֶ֭הְדְּפֻהוּ
(yeh·de·fu·hu)
1920: to thrust, drive, pusha prim. root
from lightמֵאֹ֣ור
(me·'o·vr)
216: a lightfrom or
into darkness,חֹ֑שֶׁךְ
(cho·shech;)
2822: darkness, obscurityfrom chashak
And chasedיְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃
(ye·nid·du·hu.)
5074: to retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, fluttera prim. root
from the inhabited world.וּֽמִתֵּבֵ֥ל
(u·mit·te·vel)
8398: worldfrom yabal


















KJV Lexicon
He shall be driven
Hadaph  (haw-daf')
to push away or down -- cast away (out), drive, expel, thrust (away).
from light
'owr  (ore)
illumination or (concrete) luminary (in every sense, including lightning, happiness, etc.) -- bright, clear, + day, light (-ning), morning, sun.
into darkness
choshek  (kho-shek')
the dark; hence (literally) darkness; figuratively, misery, destruction, death, ignorance, sorrow, wickedness -- dark(-ness), night, obscurity.
and chased
nadad  (naw-dad')
to wave to and fro (rarely to flap up and down); figuratively, to rove, flee, or (causatively) to drive away
out of the world
tebel  (tay-bale')
the earth (as moist and therefore inhabited); by extension, the globe; by implication, its inhabitants; specifically, a partic. land, as Babylonia, Palestine
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
"He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.

King James Bible
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
He is driven from light to darkness and chased from the inhabited world.

International Standard Version
He is driven away from light to darkness, made to wander the landscape.

NET Bible
He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
He will be driven from the light into the dark and chased out of the world.

King James 2000 Bible
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
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