Job 18:19
He will have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any that escapeth in the places of his sojourning.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
In Context
18Men will thrust him out from light into darkness, and out of the world will they drive him.
Cross References
Job 8:4If thy children have sinned against him, then did he send them off through the means of their transgression.
Job 20:26Entire darkness is laid by for his treasures: a fire not urged by blowing will consume him; it will destroy any one that is left in his tent.
Job 42:13He had also seven sons and three daughters.
Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off: in another generation let their name be blotted out.
Isaiah 14:21Prepare for his children the slaughter, for the iniquity of their fathers: that they may not rise, and possess the land, and fill the face of the world with enemies [of mankind].
Jeremiah 22:30Thus hath said the Lord, Write ye down this man as childless, as a man that shall not prosper in his days; for no man of his seed shall succeed to sit upon the throne of David, and to rule any more 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 →