Job 18:18

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

Cross-references

Job 20:8 Parallel

In Job 20:8, Zophar uses the same imagery of the wicked being chased away like a dream, reinforcing Bildad's description of being driven from light.

Job 10:22 Parallel

Job 10:22 describes the land of darkness and shadow of death, the same realm the wicked is driven into in Job 18:18.

Job 15:23 Parallel

Job 15:23 describes the wicked wandering in darkness, closely matching the driven-from-light imagery in Bildad's speech.

Job 15:30 Parallel

Job 15:30 says the wicked will not escape darkness and will be carried away, paralleling being chased out of the world.

Job 21:17 Contrast

In Job 21:17, Job questions Bildad's claim by asking how often the wicked's lamp is actually snuffed out — challenging the certainty of the fate described here.

Job 30:26 Parallel

Job 30:26 mirrors this: Job looked for light but got darkness — the same reversal of expectation applied to the righteous sufferer.

Job 38:15 Parallel

In Job 38:15, God confirms that the wicked are denied their light — directly supporting Bildad's claim about being driven from light.

Job 23:17 Contrast

In Job 23:17, Job asserts he is not silenced by darkness — contrasting with the wicked who are driven into darkness and silenced.

Job 22:11 Parallel

Job 22:11 describes darkness and peril as judgment from Eliphaz — echoing the darkness into which the wicked are driven here.

Jude 1:13 Parallel

Jude 1:13 describes the wicked reserved for blackness of darkness, matching the darkness judgment in Job 18:18.

Isaiah 8:22 Parallel

In Isaiah 8:22, the people are driven to darkness, directly echoing the fate of the wicked in Job 18:18.

Proverbs 20:20 Related theme

Proverbs 20:20 warns that cursing parents leads to a lamp snuffed out in darkness — a similar fate to being driven from light.

Jeremiah 23:12 says the wicked will be driven away into darkness — nearly identical imagery to being driven from light into darkness here.

Lamentations 3:2 echoes being driven into darkness, using the same imagery of forced exile from light.

Proverbs 4:19 Related theme

Proverbs 4:19 says the way of the wicked is deep darkness — echoing the fate of being driven from light into darkness here.

Proverbs 14:32 states the wicked are brought down by calamity, paralleling the fate of being driven from light and chased out.

Daniel 4:33 Parallel

Daniel 4:33 recounts Nebuchadnezzar being driven away from people, a literal fulfillment of being chased out, though for humbling.

Daniel 5:21 Parallel

Daniel 5:21 repeats the same event of Nebuchadnezzar driven from people, paralleling the fate of being chased out.

Isaiah 17:13 describes enemies driven like chaff before the wind, echoing the image of being chased out of the world.