Job 18:19

19 And they leave empty-handed - not one single child - nothing to show for their life on this earth.

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 They'll never again be remembered - nameless in unmarked graves.
18 They are plunged from light into darkness, banished from the world.
19 And they leave empty-handed - not one single child - nothing to show for their life on this earth.
20 Westerners are aghast at their fate, easterners are horrified:
21 'Oh no! So this is what happens to perverse people. This is how the God-ignorant end up!'"
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