Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. New Living Translation All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names. English Standard Version His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. Berean Standard Bible The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land. King James Bible His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. New King James Version The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned. New American Standard Bible “The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. NASB 1995 “Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. NASB 1977 “Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. Legacy Standard Bible Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. Amplified Bible “Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name on the street. Christian Standard Bible All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere. Holman Christian Standard Bible All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere. American Standard Version His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street. Aramaic Bible in Plain English His memorial will be destroyed from the Earth, and he has no name on the face of creation Brenton Septuagint Translation Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out. Contemporary English Version They are gone and forgotten, Douay-Rheims Bible Let the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets. English Revised Version His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. GOD'S WORD® Translation All memory about him will vanish from the earth, and his reputation will not be known on the street corner. Good News Translation Their fame is ended at home and abroad; no one remembers them any more. International Standard Version No one remembers him anywhere in the land; no one names streets in his honor. JPS Tanakh 1917 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name abroad. Literal Standard Version His memorial has perished from the land, | And he has no name on the street. Majority Standard Bible The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land. New American Bible His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the countryside. NET Bible His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land. New Revised Standard Version Their memory perishes from the earth, and they have no name in the street. New Heart English Bible His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street. Webster's Bible Translation His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. World English Bible His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street. Young's Literal Translation His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked…16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away. 17The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land. 18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.… Cross References Job 24:20 The womb forgets them; the worm feeds on them; they are remembered no more. So injustice is like a broken tree. Psalm 34:16 But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. Psalm 109:15 May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth. Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. Nahum 1:14 The LORD has issued a command concerning you, O Nineveh: "There will be no descendants to carry on your name. I will cut off the carved image and cast idol from the house of your gods; I will prepare your grave, for you are contemptible." Treasury of Scripture His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. Job 13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. Psalm 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. Psalm 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. Jump to Previous Abroad Country Earth Memorial Memory Open Pasture-Grounds Perish Perished Perishes Remembrance StreetJump to Next Abroad Country Earth Memorial Memory Open Pasture-Grounds Perish Perished Perishes Remembrance StreetJob 18 1. Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience5. The calamities of the wicked (17) His remembrance shall perish.--This is the doom which above all others is dreaded by the modern roamers of the desert. (Comp. also Jeremiah 35:19.)Verse 17. - His remembrance shall perish from the earth (comp. Psalm 34:16; Psalm 109:13). This is always spoken of in Scripture as a great calamity, one of the greatest that can befall a man. It was felt as such, not only by the Jews, but by the Semitic people generally, whose earnest desire to perpetuate their memory is shown by the elaborate monuments and lengthy inscriptions which they set up in so many places. Arabian poetry, no less than Jewish, is penetrated by the idea. In one point of view it may seem a vulgar ambition; but, in another, it is a pathetic craving alter that continuance which the spirit of man naturally desires, but of which it has, apart from revelation, no assurance. And he shall have no name in the street; or, in the world without (comp. Job 5:10). Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The memory of himזִֽכְרוֹ־ (ziḵ·rōw-) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2143: A memento, recollection, commemoration perishes אָ֭בַד (’ā·ḇaḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish from מִנִּי־ (min·nî-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the earth, אָ֑רֶץ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and he has ל֝֗וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew no וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no name שֵׁ֥ם (šêm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name in פְּנֵי־ (pə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the land. חֽוּץ׃ (ḥūṣ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors Links Job 18:17 NIVJob 18:17 NLT Job 18:17 ESV Job 18:17 NASB Job 18:17 KJV Job 18:17 BibleApps.com Job 18:17 Biblia Paralela Job 18:17 Chinese Bible Job 18:17 French Bible Job 18:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 18:17 His memory shall perish from the earth (Jb) |