Job 18:19
He shall have neither son nor son's son among his people, nor any remaining where he sojourned.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
In Context
18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
20Those who come after shall be astonished at his day, as those who went before were frightened.
Cross References
Job 8:4If thy sons have sinned against him, and he has delivered them into the hand of their transgression,
Job 20:26All darkness is laid up for his treasures. A fire not blown shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
Job 42:13He had also seven sons and three daughters.
Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Isaiah 14:21Prepare ye slaughter for his sons for the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up, and possess the earth, and fill the face of the world with cities.
Jeremiah 22:30Thus says LORD: Write ye this man childless, a man who shall not prosper in his days. For no more shall a man of his seed prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling in Judah.
Matthew Henry on Job 18:12-21
11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. 12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. 13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. 14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16 His roots shall be dried up… Read the whole commentary →