He shall neither have son nor nephew among his people, nor any remaining in his dwellings.
Parallel translations
- WEB He shall have neither son nor grandson among his people, nor any remaining where he lived.
- 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 22:30Thus saith the LORD, Write ye this man childless, a man that shall not prosper in his days: for no man of his seed shall prosper, sitting upon the throne of David, and ruling any more in Judah.
- Isa 14:21–22Prepare slaughter for his children for the iniquity of their fathers; that they do not rise, nor possess the land, nor fill the face of the world with cities.
- Ps 109:13Let his posterity be cut off; and in the generation following let their name be blotted out.
- Job 27:14–15If his children be multiplied, it is for the sword: and his offspring shall not be satisfied with bread.
- Job 1:19And, behold, there came a great wind from the wilderness, and smote the four corners of the house, and it fell upon the young men, and they are dead; and I only am escaped alone to tell thee.
- Job 20:26–28All darkness shall be hid in his secret places: a fire not blown shall consume him; it shall go ill with him that is left in his tabernacle.
- Job 8:4If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;
- Job 42:13–16He had also seven sons and three daughters.
- Isa 5:8–9Woe unto them that join house to house, that lay field to field, till there be no place, that they may be placed alone in the midst of the earth!
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