New English Translation
Job 18:19
19He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed.
Job 18:19 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
- New International Version (NIV)He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.
- English Standard Version (ESV)He has no posterity or progeny among his people, and no survivor where he used to live.
- New King James Version (NKJV)He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
Context of Job 18:19
17His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land. 18He is driven from light into darkness and is banished from the world. He has neither children nor descendants among his people, no survivor in those places he once stayed. 20People of the west are appalled at his fate; people of the east are seized with horror, saying, 21‘Surely such is the residence of an evil man; and this is the place of one who has not known God.’”
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לֹ֘א נִ֤ין ל֣וֹ וְלֹא־נֶ֣כֶד בְּעַמּ֑וֹ וְאֵ֥ין שָׂ֝רִ֗יד בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 18:19
- Job 1:19and suddenly a great wind swept across the wilderness and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young people, and they died! And I – only I alone – escaped to tell you!”
- Job 8:4If your children sinned against him, he gave them over to the penalty of their sin.
- Job 42:13And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
- Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off! May the memory of them be wiped out by the time the next generation arrives!
- Isaiah 14:21Prepare to execute his sons for the sins their ancestors have committed. They must not rise up and take possession of the earth, or fill the surface of the world with cities.”
- Jeremiah 22:30The Lord says, “Enroll this man in the register as though he were childless. Enroll him as a man who will not enjoy success during his lifetime. For none of his sons will succeed in occupying the throne of David or ever succeed in ruling over Judah.”
- Job 20:26Total darkness waits to receive his treasures; a fire which has not been kindled will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
- Isaiah 5:8Those who accumulate houses are as good as dead, those who also accumulate landed property until there is no land left, and you are the only landowners remaining within the land.
Commentaries on Job 18:19
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 19He shall neither have son nor nephew - Coverdale, following the Vulgate, translates thus: He shal neither have children ner kynss folk among his people, no ner eny posterite in his countrie: yonge and olde shal be astonyshed at his death.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 19He shall neither have son - All his family shall be cut off. He shall have no one to perpetuate his name or remembrance. All this Job could not help applying to himself, as it was doubtless intended he should. The facts in his case were just such as were supposed in these proverbs about the wicked; and hence, his friends could not but conclude that he was a wicked man; and hence, his friends could not but conclude that he was a wicked man; and hence…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 Bildad describes the destruction wicked people are kept for, in the other world, and which in some degree, often seizes them in this world. The way of sin is the way of fear, and leads to everlasting confusion, of which the present terrors of an impure conscience are earnests, as in Cain and Judas. Miserable indeed is a wicked man's death, how secure soever his life was. See him dying; all that he trusts to for his support shall be taken from…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 19This bad fortune (curse) of Job no longer having children and Bildad’s earlier cruel acts show that he believed Job's suffering was a fair punishment because he did wrong (see 18:16; Psalms 109:13; Isaiah 14:21–22; Job 8:4; 1:18–19).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1919. nephew--(so Is 14:22). But it is translated "grandson" (Ge 21:23); translate "kinsman."Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 18
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
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