unfoldingWord_en_tn/job/18/16.md

# General Information:

Bildad continues to describe the wicked person.

# His roots will be dried up ... branch be cut off

This speaks of the wicked man dying and having no descendants as if he were a tree whose roots dried up and branches withered, producing no fruit. AT: "He will die and leave no descendants, he will be like a tree whose roots have dried up and whose branches have all withered" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# will his branch be cut off

This can be stated in active form. AT: "his branches will wither" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# His memory will perish from the earth; he will have no name in the street

These phrases have the same meaning and are used together to emphasize the fact that nobody will remember him after he dies. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# His memory will perish from the earth

This speaks of the "memory" of the wicked man as if it were a person who died. AT: "No one on the earth will remember him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# he will have no name in the street

This is an idiom. AT: "no one walking along the street will even remember his name" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])