Holy Scripture
Job 18:6
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“The light shall be dark in his tabernacle. If we very frequently take darkness for sorrow, we ought without unfairness to take light for joy. And so 'the light is dark in his tabernacle,' in that in his conscience, which he inhabits in wickedness, the joy which he had from things temporal is brought to an end. Whence…”
Source: Septuagint
Original
6His light shall be darkness in his habitation, And his lamp shall be put out with him.
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4Anger has possessed thee: For what if thou shouldest die; would the earth under heaven be desolate? Or shall the mountains be overthrown from their foundations?
5But the light of the ungodly shall be quenched, And their flame shall not go up.
— Job 18:6 —
7Let the meanest of men spoil his goods, And let his counsel deceive him.
8His foot also has been caught in a snare, And let it be entangled in a net.