Job 18:19
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
King James Version
In Context
18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world.
20They that come after him shall be astonied at his day, as they that went before were affrighted.
Cross References
Job 8:4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
Job 20:26All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
Job 42:13He had also seven sons and three daughters.
Psalms 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
Isaiah 14:21Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
Jeremiah 22:30Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling 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 →