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16 Below his roots dry up,
and his branches wither above.
17 His memory perishes from the earth,
he has no name in the land.[a]
18 He is driven[b] from light into darkness
and is banished from the world.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 18:17 tn Heb “outside.” Cf. ESV, “in the street,” referring to absence from his community’s memory.
  2. Job 18:18 tn The verbs in this verse are plural; without the expressed subject they should be taken in the passive sense.