Job 18:17
15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
16 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
19 He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
- KJV
- His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
- WEB
- His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.
- ASV
- His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
- DARBY
- His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.
- BLB
- His memory perishes from the earth, and no name for him [is] upon the face of the street.
- ÅB
- Hans minne er blitt borte i landet, og hans navn nevnes ikke mere ute på marken.
- OTB
- Hans minne blekner fra jorden,
og han etterlater intet navn i landet. - B1930
- Hans minne er blitt borte i landet, og hans navn nevnes ikke mere ute på marken.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 34:16
But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
Read in contextProverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Read in contextPsalms 109:13
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Read in contextProverbs 2:22
but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
Read in contextPsalms 83:4
saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”
Read in contextJob 13:12
Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
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