Job 18:17
Let the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
In Context
16Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.
18He shall drive him out of light into darkness, and shall remove him out of the world.
Cross References
Psalms 9:6Thou hast rebuked the Gentiles, and the wicked one hath perished: thou hast blotted out their name for ever and ever.
Psalms 41:5I said: O Lord, be thou merciful to me : heal my soul, for I have sinned against thee.
Psalms 109:13May his posterity be cut off; in one generation may his name be blotted out.
Proverbs 10:7The memory of the just is with praises: and the name of the wicked shall rot.
Isaiah 26:14Let not the dead live, let not the giants rise again: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and best destroyed all their memory.
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 →