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Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked

Job 18:17

In 11 translations

BSB
The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
KJV
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
WEB
His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.
ASV
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.
LSV
His memorial has perished from the land, || And he has no name on the street.
YLT
His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.
DBY
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.
DRC
Let the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets.
GNV
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete.
JPS
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name abroad.
LXXE
Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out.

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Original-language editions

WLC
זִֽכְרוֹ־אָ֭בַד מִנִּי־אָ֑רֶץ וְלֹא־שֵׁ֥ם ל֝֗וֹ עַל־פְּנֵי־חֽוּץ׃
LXX-Br
Τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ ἀπόλοιτο ἐκ γῆς, καὶ ὑπάρξει ὄνομα αὐτῷ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐξωτέρω.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Psalms 34:16But the face of the LORD is against those who do evil, to wipe out all memory of them from the earth.
  • Proverbs 10:7The memory of the righteous is a blessing, but the name of the wicked will rot.
  • Psalms 109:13May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
  • Proverbs 2:22but the wicked will be cut off from the land, and the unfaithful will be uprooted.
  • Job 13:12Your maxims are proverbs of ashes; your defenses are defenses of clay.
  • Psalms 83:4saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

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