Job 18:19

19 "He has no 1offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned.

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 "Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name abroad .
18 "He is driven from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.
19 "He has no offspring or posterity among his people, Nor any survivor where he sojourned.
20 "Those in the west are appalled at his fate, And those in the east are seized with horror.
21 "Surely such are the dwellings of the wicked, And this is the place of him who does not know God."

Cross References 1

  • 1. Job 27:14, 15; Isaiah 14:22
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