Job 18:19

19 They have no offspring or descendants among their people, no survivor in their dwelling place.

Job 18:19 Meaning and Commentary

Job 18:19

He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people
Neither son, nor son's son, or grandson; so the Targum, Jarchi, and Bar Tzemach; that is, he shall be childless, and have no heirs, successors, or survivors, to inherit his estate, bear and perpetuate his name among the people of his country, city, or neighbourhood. Bildad respects no doubt the present case of Job, who had lost all his children; but he was mistaken if he thought he should die so, for he had after this as many children as he had before:

nor any remaining in his dwellings;
being all dead, or fled from them, through the terror, desolation, and destruction in them. Aben Ezra and Bar Tzemach interpret them places in which he was a sojourner or stranger; and Mr. Broughton, nor remnant in his pilgrimage.

Job 18:19 In-Context

17 The memory of them will perish from the earth; they will achieve no recognition abroad.
18 They are thrust from light into darkness, banished from the world.
19 They have no offspring or descendants among their people, no survivor in their dwelling place.
20 Their successors are appalled at what happens to them; their predecessors pull their hair.
21 These are surely the dwelling places of the evil; this is the place of the one who doesn't know God.
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