Job 18:17
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 Version
His 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 Bible
Let 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 Bible
His 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 1917
His 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.

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Job 18
1. Bildad reproves Job for presumption and impatience
5. 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
The Hebrew word for "perishes" (אָבַד, "avad") conveys a sense of being lost or destroyed. This phrase emphasizes the finality and totality of the erasure. In the ancient Near Eastern worldview, the earth was seen as a stage for human activity and legacy. To perish from the earth means to be utterly removed from the annals of human history, leaving no trace or influence. This is a dire warning about the consequences of wickedness, as Bildad implies that the wicked will not be remembered or honored.

and he has no name
In biblical times, a name (שֵׁם, "shem") was more than a label; it represented one's identity, character, and destiny. To have no name means to lack identity and significance. Names were often given with prophetic insight or hope for the individual's future. The absence of a name signifies a loss of identity and purpose, a profound form of judgment and disgrace. This reflects the biblical theme that the righteous are remembered and honored, while the wicked are forgotten.

in the land
The term "land" (אֶרֶץ, "eretz") in Hebrew often refers to the physical territory of Israel, but it can also symbolize the broader human community or the world. In this context, it underscores the idea that the wicked will have no lasting impact or place among the living. The land is where life unfolds, and to have no name in the land is to be excluded from the community and its history. This serves as a sobering reminder of the transient nature of earthly power and fame, contrasting with the eternal remembrance promised to the faithful.

(17) His remembrance shall perish.--This is the doom which above all others is dreaded by the modern roamers of the desert. (Comp. also Jeremiah 35:19.)

Verse 17. - His remembrance shall perish from the earth (comp. Psalm 34:16; Psalm 109:13). This is always spoken of in Scripture as a great calamity, one of the greatest that can befall a man. It was felt as such, not only by the Jews, but by the Semitic people generally, whose earnest desire to perpetuate their memory is shown by the elaborate monuments and lengthy inscriptions which they set up in so many places. Arabian poetry, no less than Jewish, is penetrated by the idea. In one point of view it may seem a vulgar ambition; but, in another, it is a pathetic craving alter that continuance which the spirit of man naturally desires, but of which it has, apart from revelation, no assurance. And he shall have no name in the street; or, in the world without (comp. Job 5:10).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
The memory of him
זִֽכְרוֹ־ (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


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