Job 18:19
17 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.
He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
20 Those in the west are appalled at his fate, while those in the east tremble in horror.
21 Surely such is the dwelling of the wicked and the place of one who does not know God.”
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
- KJV
- He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
- WEB
- He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.
- ASV
- He shall have neither son nor son`s son among his people, Nor any remaining where he sojourned.
- DARBY
- He hath neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining in the places of his sojourn.
- BLB
- No offspring [is] unto him, and no successor among his people, and no survivor in his dwellings.
- ÅB
- Han har ikke barn og ikke etterkommere blant sitt folk, og det finnes ingen i hans boliger som har sloppet unna.
- OTB
- Han har ingen avkom eller etterkommere blant sitt folk,
og ingen overlevende der han bodde. - B1930
- Han har ikke barn og ikke efterkommere blandt sitt folk, og det finnes ingen i hans boliger som har sloppet unda.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 22:30
This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”
Read in contextIsaiah 14:21–22
Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:8–9
Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.
Read in contextPsalms 109:13
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Read in contextJob 20:26–28
Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
Read in contextJob 27:14–15
Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
Read in contextJob 8:4
When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
Read in contextJob 1:19
when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
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