New Living Translation
Job 18:17
17All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names.
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.
- New International Version (NIV)The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land.
- 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.
Context of Job 18:17
15The homes of the wicked will burn down; burning sulfur rains on their houses. 16Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither. All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names. 18They will be thrust from light into darkness, driven from the world. 19They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they 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 platitudes are as valuable as ashes. Your defense is as fragile as a clay pot.
- Psalms 34:16But the Lord turns his face against those who do evil; he will erase their memory from the earth.
- Psalms 83:4“Come,” they say, “let us wipe out Israel as a nation. We will destroy the very memory of its existence.”
- Psalms 109:13May all his offspring die. May his family name be blotted out in the next generation.
- Proverbs 2:22But the wicked will be removed from the land, and the treacherous will be uprooted.
- Proverbs 10:7We have happy memories of the godly, but the name of a wicked person rots away.
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
Topics related to Job 18:17
In the dictionaries
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
New Living Translation — © 1996, 2004, 2015 Tyndale House Foundation
Commentaries