John Trapp on Job 18:17

Verſe 17. His remembrance ſhall periſh from the earth] As a tree when root and branch is gone is clean forgotten, and no man remembreth where it grew; ſo ſhall it be with the wicked,Mercer. Non celebrabitur ejus nomon & fama, niſe in malum, Eccleſ. 8. 10. It is reckoned as a great benefit to a wicked man, to have his memory dye with him, which if it be preſerved, ſtinks in keeping, and remains as a curſe and perpetual diſgrace.

And he ſhall have no name] i.e. no honourable Name, no renowne. A good name only is a name, Eccleſ. 7.1. as a good wife only is a wife, Prov. 18.22. Every married woman is not a wife. Zillah Lamechs wife, was but the ſhadow of a wife, as her name alſo ſignifieth. In like ſort, thoſe only have a name in the ſtreets or publick places, who are talked of for good; as the Martyrs, who have left their names for a bleſſing. Iſai. 65.15. when as their wretched Perſecutors have left a vile ſnuff behind, their Lamps being put out in obſcurity.