Job 18:17
in Job 18The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
KJV
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
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This verse in Job 18
Commentary
9 notes on this verseLet his remembrance perish from the earth, and let not his name be repeated in the streets. PROPHETICAL INTERPRETATION It is deserving of our notice, that Bildad the Shuhite so expresses himself of each one of the wicked, that his words are secretly directed against the head of all the wicked; for the head of the wicked is the devil.
This site's exposition
Fire resides in his tent
on Job 18:15-19
In "burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling" Bildad recalls the judgment on Sodom. With "he has no name in the land" the ruin passes beyond death into the loss of all memory of him. Then "He has no offspring or posterity among his people" erases his whole line.
This site's exposition
he has no name in the land
An honored name after death was what every man wanted, Barnes notes, and Bildad denies it to the wicked. Henry sets the verse beside Proverbs 10:7, which blesses the memory of the righteous and lets the wicked name rot. Clarke adds that none will survive to carry the name on.
The record, by era
The Medieval Church1 voice
He then proceeds to the renown which remains about a man after his death, by which some men desire to live in the memories of men and to also have glory after death. Thus as to the removal of the sinner from the memories of …
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
In this he seems, all along, to have an eye to Job's complaints of the miserable condition he was in, that he was in the dark, bewildered, ensnared, terrified, and hastening out of the world. "This," says Bildad, "is the condition of a wicked man; and therefore thou art one." Second Address of Eliphaz.
Thus the judgments of God follow him, after death, in this world, as an indication of the misery his soul is in after death, and an earnest of that everlasting shame and contempt to which he shall rise in the great day. The memory of the just is blessed, but the name of the wicked shall rot, Prov. x.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth,....
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
His 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.
1 more voice on this verse
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
His 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.
The words behind it
10 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| זִֽכְרוֹ־ | zikhrov- | memory his | H2143 → | |
| אָ֭בַד | ʾavad | it perishes | H6 → | 184 times |
| מִנִּי־ | mini- | from | H4480 → | 1188 times |
| אָ֑רֶץ | ʾaretz | [the] earth | H776 → | 2504 times |
| וְלֹא־ | velo'- | and not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| שֵׁ֥ם | shem | a name | H8034 → | 864 times |
| ל֝֗וֹ | lo | [belongs] to him | ||
| עַל־ | ʾal- | on | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| פְּנֵי־ | penei- | [the] face of | H6440 → | 2123 times |
| חֽוּץ׃ | chutz | [the] street | H2351 → | 164 times |
זִֽכְרוֹ־memory his
zikhrov-H2143 →
אָ֭בַדit perishes
ʾavadH6 →184 times
מִנִּי־from
mini-H4480 →1188 times
אָ֑רֶץ[the] earth
ʾaretzH776 →2504 times
וְלֹא־and not
velo'-H3808 →5168 times
שֵׁ֥םa name
shemH8034 →864 times
ל֝֗וֹ[belongs] to him
lo
עַל־on
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
פְּנֵי־[the] face of
penei-H6440 →2123 times
חֽוּץ׃[the] street
chutzH2351 →164 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
it leads to
- Psalms 112:6
Surely he will never be shaken; the righteous man will be remembered forever.
- Luke 1:48
For He has looked with favor on the humble state of His servant. From now on all generations will call me blessed.
- Mark 14:9
And truly I tell you, wherever the gospel is preached in all the world, what she has done will also be told in memory of her.”
- Psalms 109:13
May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
- 2 Chronicles 24:16
And Jehoiada was buried with the kings in the City of David, because he had done what was good in Israel for God and His temple.
- Psalms 112:6
Through
Psalms 34:16But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
it leads to
- Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Proverbs 10:7
Through
Proverbs 2:22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
it leads to
- Psalms 37:28
For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 52:5
Surely God will bring you down to everlasting ruin; He will snatch you up and tear you away from your tent; He will uproot you from the land of the living. Selah
- Psalms 37:28
About Job
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes on the Book of Job; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Gregory the Dialogist, Morals on the Book of Job, Book XIV; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible and Thomas Aquinas, Commentary on Job.