Job 18:17
The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
In Context
16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
Cross References
Psalms 9:6The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished.
Psalms 41:5My enemies say with malice: “When will he die and be forgotten?”
Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
Isaiah 26:14The dead will not live; the departed spirits will not rise. Therefore You have punished and destroyed them; You have wiped out all memory of them.
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 →