Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
candle—the lamp which in the East is usually fastened to the ceiling. Oil abounds in those regions, and the lamp was kept burning all night, as now in Egypt, where the poorest would rather dispense with food than the night lamp (Psalms 18:28). To put out the lamp was an image of utter desolation.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Job 18:6:
Job 21:17
Job 29:3
Psalms 18:28
Isaiah 50:11
Jeremiah 25:10
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