Job 18:19

19 [There is] no offspring for him nor a descendant among his people, and there is not a survivor in his abode.

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 His remembrance perishes from [the] earth, and [there is] not a name for him on [the] street.
18 "They thrust him from light into darkness, and they drive him out from [the] world.
19 [There is] no offspring for him nor a descendant among his people, and there is not a survivor in his abode.
20 [Those of the] west are appalled over {his fate}, and [those of the] east {are seized with horror}.
21 Surely these [are] the dwellings of [the] godless, and this [is] the dwelling place of him [who] knows not God."

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