Job 18:19
He has no offspring or family among his people, and in his living-place there is no one of his name.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
In Context
18He is sent away from the light into the dark; he is forced out of the world.
20At his fate those of the west are shocked, and those of the east are overcome with fear.
Cross References
Job 8:4If your children have done evil against him, then their punishment is from his hand.
Job 20:26All his wealth is stored up for the dark: a fire not made by man sends destruction on him, and on everything in his tent.
Job 42:13And he had seven sons and three daughters.
Psalms 109:13Let his seed be cut off; in the coming generation let their name go out of memory.
Isaiah 14:21Make ready a place of death for his children, because of the evil-doing of their father; so that they may not come up and take the earth for their heritage, covering the face of the world with waste places.
Jeremiah 22:30The Lord has said, Let this man be recorded as having no children, a man who will not do well in all his life: for no man of his seed will do well, seated on the seat of the kingdom of David and ruling again 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 →