Job

Job 18:18–19

¹⁸He is driven from light into darkness

and is chased from the inhabited world.

¹⁹He has no offspring or posterity among his people,

no survivor where he once lived.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He is driven	יֶ֭הְדְּפֻהוּ	yeh·də·p̄u·hū	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular	H1920 thrust
from light	מֵא֣וֹר	mê·’ō·wr	Preposition-m; Noun - common singular	H216 light
into	אֶל־	’el-	Preposition	H413 motion to
darkness	חֹ֑שֶׁךְ	ḥō·šeḵ	Noun - masculine singular	H2822 darkness, obscurity
and is chased	יְנִדֻּֽהוּ׃	yə·nid·du·hū	Verb - Hifil - Imperfect - third person masculine plural; third person masculine singular	H5074 retreat, flee, depart, stray, wander, flutter
from the inhabited world	וּֽמִתֵּבֵ֥ל	ū·mit·tê·ḇêl	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular	H8398 world

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
He has no	לֹ֘א	lō	Adverb - Negative particle	H3808 not
offspring	נִ֤ין	nîn	Noun - masculine singular	H5209 offspring, posterity
or posterity	נֶ֣כֶד	ne·ḵeḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H5220 progeny, posterity
among his people	בְּעַמּ֑וֹ	bə·‘am·mōw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H5971 people
no	וְאֵ֥ין	wə·’ên	Conjunctive waw; Adverb	H369 nothing, nought
survivor	שָׂ֝רִ֗יד	śā·rîd̲	Noun - masculine singular	H8300 survivor
where he once lived	בִּמְגוּרָֽיו׃	bim·ḡū·rāw	Preposition-b; Noun - masculine plural construct; third person masculine singular	H4033 sojourning-place, dwelling-place

Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.

Job 18:18 Job 20:8 · Job 10:22

Job 18:19 Jeremiah 22:30 · Isaiah 14:21–22

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.