Ayub 18:19

18:19 He has neither children nor descendants ¹  among his people,

no survivor in those places he once stayed. ² 

Ayub 18:21

18:21 ‘Surely such is the residence ³  of an evil man;

and this is the place of one who has not known God.’” ⁴ 

[18:19]  ¹ tn The two words נִין (nin, “offspring”) and נֶכֶד (nekhed, “posterity”) are always together and form an alliteration. This is hard to capture in English, but some have tried: Moffatt had “son and scion,” and Tur-Sinai had “breed or brood.” But the words are best simply translated as “lineage and posterity” or as in the NIV “offspring or descendants.”

[18:19]  ² tn Heb “in his sojournings.” The verb גּוּר (gur) means “to reside; to sojourn” temporarily, without land rights. Even this word has been selected to stress the temporary nature of his stay on earth.

[18:21]  ³ tn The term is in the plural, “the tabernacles”; it should be taken as a plural of local extension (see GKC 397 §124.b).

[18:21]  ⁴ tn The word “place” is in construct; the clause following it replaces the genitive: “this is the place of – he has not known God.”