New International Version
Job 18:17
17The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land.
Job 18:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
- English Standard Version (ESV)His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street.
- New King James Version (NKJV)The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned.
- New Living Translation (NLT)All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names.
Context of Job 18:17
15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. 16His roots dry up below and his branches wither above. The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. 18He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the world. 19He has no offspring or descendants among his people, no survivor where once he lived.
Read all of Job 18Job 18:17 word by word
זִֽכְרוֹ־אָ֭בַד מִנִּי־אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁ֥ם ל֝֗וֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חֽוּץ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 18:17
- Job 13:12Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
- Psalms 34:16but the face of the Lord is against those who do evil, to blot out their name from the earth.
- Psalms 83:4“Come,” they say, “let us destroy them as a nation, so that Israel’s name is remembered no more.”
- Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off, their names blotted out from the next generation.
- Proverbs 2:22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be torn from it.
- Proverbs 10:7The name of the righteous is used in blessings, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Commentaries on Job 18:17
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 17His remembrance shall perish - He shall have none to survive him, to continue his name among men. No name in the street - He shall never be a man of reputation; after his demise, none shall talk of his fame.Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17His remembrance shall perish - His name - all recollection of him. Calamity shall follow him even after death; and that which every man desires, and every good man has, and honored name when he is dead, will be denied him. Men will hasten to forget him as fast as possible; compare Proverbs 10:7, “The name of the wicked shall rot.” No name in the street - Men when they meet together in highways and places of concourse - when traveler meets traveler, and…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. 17People often speak against (curse) evil people by saying that future generations will forget their memory (see 18:19; Psalms 34:16; 109:13; Proverbs 10:7).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. street--Men shall not speak of him in meeting in the highways; rather, "in the field" or "meadow"; the shepherds shall no more mention his name--a picture from nomadic life [Umbreit].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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