Job 18:18 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Bible Comments

He shall be driven, Heb. they shall drive him, i.e. his enemies, or those whom he hath oppressed; or they whom God shall appoint to do it, whether angels or men. Or it is an impersonal speech, and to be rendered passively, as it is also Job 7:3 Luke 12:20, Luke 16:9. From light into darkness; from a splendid and prosperous life to disgrace and misery, and to the grave, the land of darkness and forgetfulness, as the following words explain it.

Job 18:18

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