Bible Strands
Job 18:19
He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — In Job 18, a speaker describes the complete erasure of a wicked man, positioned between his expulsion from light (18:18) and the horror of distant observers (18:20).
The words — The Hebrew נִין (nin) denotes posterity and נֶכֶד (nekhed) specifies progeny, both negated by לֹא (loʾ) to emphasize total lineage extinction. The term שָׂרִיד (sarid) means survivor, paired with בִּמְגוּרָיו (bi-məgūrāyw) to indicate no one remains in his former dwelling places.
The thread — This theme of childless ruin appears in Jeremiah 22:30, which records a decree against a king marked as childless, and Isaiah 14:21, which commands the slaughter of a tyrant’s sons so they never inherit land. The motif echoes Job 1:19, where a single disaster destroys an entire household in one moment.
Why it lands — The text states that the subject leaves no descendants among his people and no one survives in his former homes, establishing a literal end to his earthly line. It asks the reader to recognize that divine judgment severs both biological continuity and geographic legacy without exception.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 22:30 This is what the LORD says: “Enroll this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his lifetime. None of his descendants will prosper to sit on the throne of David or to rule again in Judah.”
- Isaiah 14:21 Prepare a place to slaughter his sons for the iniquities of their forefathers. They will never rise up to possess a land or cover the earth with their cities.
- Job 1:19 when suddenly a mighty wind swept in from the desert and struck the four corners of the house. It collapsed on the young people and they are dead, and I alone have escaped to tell you!”
- Job 8:4 When your children sinned against Him, He gave them over to their rebellion.
- Job 20:26 Total darkness is reserved for his treasures. A fire unfanned will consume him and devour what is left in his tent.
- Job 27:14 Though his sons are many, they are destined for the sword; and his offspring will never have enough food.
- Job 42:13 And he also had seven sons and three daughters.
- Psalms 109:13 May his descendants be cut off; may their name be blotted out from the next generation.
- Isaiah 5:8 Woe to you who add house to house and join field to field until no place is left and you live alone in the land.