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Job 18:17 Cross-References
Explore 6 cross-references for Job 18:17 from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, connecting Job chapter 18 verse 17 to related passages throughout the Bible.
“His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street .”
Job 18:17 (KJV)
Commentary on Job 18:17
Memory of the wicked perishes: 'His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.' Loss of reputation and memory represented ultimate curse in ancient world—being forgotten meant complete obliteration. No legacy, no honor, no continuation. While the finally impenitent do lose such memory, Bildad wrongly assumes Job faces this fate. God ensures Job's name endures through Scripture itself—ultimate irony given Bildad's prediction.
Source: KJV Study Commentary
Cross-References for Job 18:17
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“to cut off the memory of them from the earth.”
“but the name of the wicked will rot.”
“Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.”
“But the wicked shall be cut off from the earth”
“Your defenses are defenses of clay.”
“and let's destroy them as a nation, that the name of Israel may be remembered no more.”