Verse Lens · Context pointer
Job 18:17 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 17. 17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
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Role in This Section
Bildad states “His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street” as one poetic claim in Bildad Extends Ruin to Body, Home, Memory, and Children.
Read It With
- Job 18:11–18:21
Job 18:17 should be heard after the prior line and before the unit's outcome. Bildad states “His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street” as one poetic claim in Bildad Extends Ruin to Body, Home, Memory, and Children. The speech cruelly echoes Job's losses and is not a divine verdict; it must never justify blaming bereaved families or treating disease as evidence of wickedness.
Why It Needs Context
Job 18:11–18:21 gives Job 18:17 its literary owner and outcome. Bildad states “His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street” as one poetic claim in Bildad Extends Ruin to Body, Home, Memory, and Children. Application waits until that full movement is understood.
Continue in Context
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Read Job 18:11–18:21 — Bildad Extends Ruin to Body, Home, Memory, and ChildrenSources used for this context pointer
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
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USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Job 18:11–18:21, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Job
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a complete apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Job.xml, OSIS 18:11–18:21
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