Job 18:17
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
King James Version
In Context
16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
Cross References
Psalms 9:6O thou enemy, destructions are come to a perpetual end: and thou hast destroyed cities; their memorial is perished with them.
Psalms 41:5Mine enemies speak evil of me, When shall he die, and his name perish?
Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Proverbs 10:7The memory of the just is blessed: but the name of the wicked shall rot.
Isaiah 26:14They are dead, they shall not live; they are deceased, they shall not rise: therefore hast thou visited and destroyed them, and made all their memory to perish.
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 →