Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. New Living Translation All memory of their existence will fade from the earth; no one will remember their names. English Standard Version His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the street. Berean Standard Bible The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land. King James Bible His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. New King James Version The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned. New American Standard Bible “The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. NASB 1995 “Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. NASB 1977 “Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. Legacy Standard Bible Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad. Amplified Bible “Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name on the street. Christian Standard Bible All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere. Holman Christian Standard Bible All memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name anywhere. American Standard Version His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street. Contemporary English Version They are gone and forgotten, English Revised Version His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. GOD'S WORD® Translation All memory about him will vanish from the earth, and his reputation will not be known on the street corner. Good News Translation Their fame is ended at home and abroad; no one remembers them any more. International Standard Version No one remembers him anywhere in the land; no one names streets in his honor. Majority Standard Bible The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land. NET Bible His memory perishes from the earth, he has no name in the land. New Heart English Bible His memory shall perish from the earth. He shall have no name in the street. Webster's Bible Translation His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. World English Bible His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHis memorial has perished from the land, "" And he has no name on the street. Young's Literal Translation His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street. Smith's Literal Translation His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and not a name to him upon a face without. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleLet the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets. Catholic Public Domain Version Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be celebrated in the streets. New American Bible His memory perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the countryside. New Revised Standard Version Their memory perishes from the earth, and they have no name in the street. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHis remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name upon it. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated His memorial will be destroyed from the Earth, and he has no name on the face of creation OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name abroad. Brenton Septuagint Translation Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked…16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away. 17The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land. 18He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.… Cross References Psalm 34:16 But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth. Proverbs 10:7 The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot. Psalm 109:13 May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation. Isaiah 14:20 You will not join them in burial, since you have destroyed your land and slaughtered your own people. The offspring of the wicked will never again be mentioned. Proverbs 2:22 but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted. Psalm 9:5-6 You have rebuked the nations; You have destroyed the wicked; You have erased their name forever and ever. / The enemy has come to eternal ruin, and You have uprooted their cities; the very memory of them has vanished. Jeremiah 11:19 For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.” Psalm 37:28 For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off. Isaiah 26:14 The 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. Psalm 109:15 May their sins always remain before the LORD, that He may cut off their memory from the earth. Matthew 7:23 Then I will tell them plainly, ‘I never knew you; depart from Me, you workers of lawlessness!’ Luke 13:27 And he will answer, ‘I tell you, I do not know where you are from. Depart from me, all you evildoers.’ Matthew 25:41 Then He will say to those on His left, ‘Depart from Me, you who are cursed, into the eternal fire prepared for the devil and his angels. John 15:6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned. 1 Corinthians 6:9-10 Do you not know that the wicked will not inherit the kingdom of God? Do not be deceived: Neither the sexually immoral, nor idolaters, nor adulterers, nor men who submit to or perform homosexual acts, / nor thieves, nor the greedy, nor drunkards, nor verbal abusers, nor swindlers, will inherit the kingdom of God. Treasury of Scripture His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street. Job 13:12 Your remembrances are like unto ashes, your bodies to bodies of clay. Psalm 34:16 The face of the LORD is against them that do evil, to cut off the remembrance of them from the earth. Psalm 83:4 They have said, Come, and let us cut them off from being a nation; that the name of Israel may be no more in remembrance. Jump to Previous Abroad Country Earth Memorial Memory Open Pasture-Grounds Perish Perished Perishes Remembrance StreetJump to Next Abroad Country Earth Memorial Memory Open Pasture-Grounds Perish Perished Perishes Remembrance StreetJob 18 1. Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience5. The calamities of the wicked The memory of him This phrase suggests the complete erasure of an individual's legacy. In the Hebrew context, memory (זִכְרוֹן, "zikron") is not just about personal recollection but encompasses the idea of one's reputation and impact on future generations. In ancient Israelite culture, being remembered was a form of immortality. The loss of memory implies a total severance from the community and history, a fate considered worse than death itself. This reflects the belief that one's life is validated through the remembrance and honor by descendants and society. perishes from the earth and he has no name in the land Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew The memory of himזִֽכְרוֹ־ (ziḵ·rōw-) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 2143: A memento, recollection, commemoration perishes אָ֭בַד (’ā·ḇaḏ) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6: To wander away, lose oneself, to perish from מִנִּי־ (min·nî-) Preposition Strong's 4480: A part of, from, out of the earth, אָ֑רֶץ (’ā·reṣ) Noun - feminine singular Strong's 776: Earth, land and he has ל֝֗וֹ (lōw) Preposition | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew no וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-) Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no name שֵׁ֥ם (šêm) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 8034: A name in פְּנֵי־ (pə·nê-) Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the land. חֽוּץ׃ (ḥūṣ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2351: Separate by a, wall, outside, outdoors Links Job 18:17 NIVJob 18:17 NLT Job 18:17 ESV Job 18:17 NASB Job 18:17 KJV Job 18:17 BibleApps.com Job 18:17 Biblia Paralela Job 18:17 Chinese Bible Job 18:17 French Bible Job 18:17 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 18:17 His memory shall perish from the earth (Jb) |