18:16 Below his roots dry up,
and his branches wither above.
18:17 His memory perishes from the earth,
he has no name in the land. 1
18:18 He is driven 2 from light into darkness
and is banished from the world.
1 tn Heb “outside.” Cf. ESV, “in the street,” referring to absence from his community’s memory.
2 tn The verbs in this verse are plural; without the expressed subject they should be taken in the passive sense.