Job 18:17
His memorial has perished from the land, || And he has no name on the street.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
In Context
16From beneath his roots are dried up, || And from above his crop is cut off.
18They thrust him from light to darkness, || And cast him out from the habitable earth.
Cross References
Psalms 9:6The enemy—[your] destructions have been completed forever, || As for cities you have plucked up, || Their memorial has perished with them.
Psalms 41:5My enemies say evil of me: When he dies—his name has perished!
Psalms 109:13His posterity is for cutting off, || Their name is blotted out in another generation.
Proverbs 10:7The remembrance of the righteous [is] for a blessing, || And the name of the wicked rots.
Isaiah 26:14Dead—they do not live, || Rephaim, they do not rise, || Therefore You have inspected and destroy them, || Indeed, you destroy 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 →