Job 18 · Verse 17

Job 18:17

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

Job 18:17, King James Version

Job 18:17 in other translations

BSB	The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
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.
YLT	His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.
DARBY	His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.
BBE	His memory is gone from the earth, and in the open country there is no knowledge of his name.
Webster	His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

What does Job 18:17 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

17. 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].

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 17 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.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 18:11-21

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…

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Job 18:17 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

זִֽכְרוֹ\־zikh.rov-memory hisH2143

אָ֭בַד'A.vadit perishesH6

מִנִּי\־mi.ni-fromH4480

אָ֑רֶץ'A.retz[the] earthH776

וְלֹא\־ve.lo'-and notH3808

שֵׁ֥םshema nameH8034

ל֝֗וֹlo[belongs] to him

עַל\־'al-onH5921

פְּנֵי\־pe.nei-[the] face ofH6440

חֽוּץ\׃Chutz[the] streetH2351

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Job 18:17

Psalms 34:16
The face of the Lord is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth.
Proverbs 10:7
The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Psalms 109:13
Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Proverbs 2:22
But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth, and the transgressors shall be rooted out of it.
Psalms 83:4
They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance.
Job 13:12
Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

13:12; Ps 34:16; 83:4; 109:13; Pr 2:22; 10:7

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
Job 18:17
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Job 18:18
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.

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Job 18:17 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Su memoria perecerá de la tierra, y no tendrá nombre por las calles.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Sa mémoire périt de dessus la terre, et il n’a pas de nom sur la face du pays.
German Elberfelder 1871	Sein Gedächtnis verschwindet von der Erde, und auf der Fläche des Landes hat er keinen Namen.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	Memoria illius pereat de terra, et non celebretur nomen ejus in plateis.