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Job 18:17

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.

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זִֽכְרוֹzikhrvomemorialזֵכֶרnoun, common, masculine, singular, construct, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “memorial”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH2143a memento, abstractly recollection (rarely if ever); by implication, commemorationmemorial, memory, remembrance, scent.אָ֭בַדavaddestroyאָבַדverb, qal, perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “destroy”, a completed actionH6properly, to wander away, i.e. lose oneself; by implication to perish (causative, destroy)break, destroy(-uction), [phrase] not escape, fail, lose, (cause to, make) perish, spend, [idiom] and surely, take, be undone, [idiom] utterly, be void of, have no way to flee.מִנִּיminifromמִןpreposition — “from”H4480properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many sensesabove, after, among, at, because of, by (reason of), from (among), in, [idiom] neither, [idiom] nor, (out) of, over, since, [idiom] then, through, [idiom] whether, with.אָ֑רֶץaretsearthאֶרֶץnoun, common, both genders, singular, absolute — “earth”, the ordinary formH776the earth (at large, or partitively a land)[idiom] common, country, earth, field, ground, land, [idiom] natins, way, [phrase] wilderness, world.וְלֹאveloand no , -r,לֹאconjunction, particle, negative — “and no , -r,”H3808not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles[idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as trul…שֵׁ֥םshemfameשֵׁםnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “fame”, the ordinary formH8034an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character[phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.ל֝֗וֹlvotoל֝֗וֹpreposition, suffix, pronominal, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “to”toעַלalaboveעַלpreposition — “above”H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applicationsabove, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of,…פְּנֵיpenea- foreפָּנִיםnoun, common, both genders, plural, construct — “a- fore”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH6440the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposition (before, etc.)[phrase] accept, a-(be-) fore(-time), against, anger, [idiom] as (long as), at, [phrase] battle, [phrase] because (of), [phrase] beseech, countenance, edge, [phrase] employ, endure, [phrase] enquire, face, favour, fear of, for, forefront(-…חֽוּץchutsabroadחוּץnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “abroad”, the ordinary formH2351properly, separate by awall, i.e. outside, outdoorsabroad, field, forth, highway, more, out(-side, -ward), street, without.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name abroad.

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American Standard Version (1901)

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, And he shall have no name in the street.

Young’s Literal Translation

His memorial hath perished from the land, And he hath no name on the street.

World English Bible

His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.

Darby Translation

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.

Douay-Rheims

Let the memory of him perish from the earth and let not his name be renowned in the streets.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name abroad.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

Let his memorial perish out of the earth, and his name shall be publicly cast out.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

Τὸ μνημόσυνον αὐτοῦ ἀπόλοιτο ἐκ γῆς, καὶ ὑπάρξει ὄνομα αὐτῷ ἐπὶ πρόσωπον ἐξωτέρω.