Their fruit shalt thou destroy from the earth, and their seed from among the children of men.
Ver. 10. Their fruit shalt thou destroy] i.e. Their labour, and that which comes thereof, Proverbs 21:16; Proverbs 21:31; they shall toil to no purpose; the gains shall not pay for the pains, Nulla emolumenta laborum (Juven.).
And their seed] For as personal goodness is profitable to posterity; so on the contrary; as in the second commandment: they are peremptores potius quam parentes (Bern.).