Job 18:19
He has no continuator, || Nor successor among his people, || And none is remaining in his dwellings.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
In Context
18They thrust him from light to darkness, || And cast him out from the habitable earth.
20At this day, those [in the] west have been astonished, || And those [in the] east have taken fright.
Cross References
Job 8:4If your sons have sinned before Him, || And He sends them away, || By the hand of their transgression,
Job 20:26All darkness is hid for his treasures, || A fire not blown consumes him, || The remnant is broken in his tent.
Job 42:13And he has seven sons and three daughters;
Psalms 109:13His posterity is for cutting off, || Their name is blotted out in another generation.
Isaiah 14:21Prepare slaughter for his sons; Because of the iniquity of their fathers, || They do not rise, nor have possessed the land, || Nor filled the face of the world [with] cities.
Jeremiah 22:30Thus said YHWH: “Write this man down [as] childless, || A man—he does not prosper in his days, || For none of his seed prospers, || Sitting on the throne of David, || And ruling in Judah again!”
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 →