He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.
Parallel translations
- KJV He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
- BSB He has no offspring or posterity among his people, no survivor where he once lived.
- NKJV He has neither son nor posterity among his people, Nor any remaining in his dwellings.
- NASB “He has no offspring or descendants among his people, Nor any survivor where he resided.
- NLT They will have neither children nor grandchildren, nor any survivor in the place where they lived.
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Quick answer
Bildad asserts the wicked man leaves no descendants or survivors anywhere he lived. His line is wholly extinguished.
Overview
Loss of offspring and posterity was among the harshest fates in the ancient world, ending one's name and inheritance. Bildad uses this to depict the complete cutting off of the wicked. Painfully, Job had lost his children, so the words wound him unjustly; the book later vindicates Job, reminding us that bereavement is not proof of guilt.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Jer 22:30Yahweh says, “Record this man as childless, a man who will not prosper in his days; for no more shall a man of his offspring prosper, sitting on David’s throne, and ruling in Judah.”
- Isa 14:21–22Prepare for slaughter of his children because of the iniquity of their fathers, that they not rise up and possess the earth, and fill the surface of the world with cities.
- Ps 109:13Let his posterity be cut off. In the generation following let their name be blotted out.
- Job 27:14–15If his children are multiplied, it is for the sword. His offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
- Job 1:19and behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and struck the four corners of the house, and it fell on the young men, and they are dead. I alone have escaped to tell you.”
- Job 20:26–28All darkness is laid up for his treasures. An unfanned fire shall devour him. It shall consume that which is left in his tent.
- Job 8:4If your children have sinned against him, He has delivered them into the hand of their disobedience.
- Job 42:13–16He had also seven sons and three daughters.
- Isa 5:8–9Woe to those who join house to house, who lay field to field, until there is no room, and you are made to dwell alone in the middle of the land!
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