King James Version
Job 18:17 in the King James Version says “His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street .” — study this verse from Job chapter 18 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street .”
Job 18:17 · KJV
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street .
He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. He: Heb. They shall drive him
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“His remembrance”
H2143a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemoration
“shall perish”
H6properly, to wander away, i.e., lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)
not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles
“and he shall have no name”
H8034an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
“in the street”
H6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
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