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Job 18:17

Job 18:17
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street .

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

He shall be driven from light into darkness,.... Either from the light of outward prosperity, formerly enjoyed by him, into the darkness of adversity; or rather from the light of the living, the light…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

His remembrance shall perish - His name - all recollection of him. Calamity shall follow him even after death; and that which every man desires, and every good man has, and honored name when he is…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Job 18:11-21

Bildad here describes the destruction itself which wicked people are reserved for in the other world, and which, in some degree, often seizes them in this world. Come, and see what a miserable…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

perish from the earth Rather, from the land.

in the street Rather, on the face of the earth. The word means the outlying places (marg. to ch. Job 5:10), as opposed to the cultivated land, and "earth"…

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