Job 18:16 “The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.”

Job 18:16

The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

World English Bible

His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.

American Standard Version

His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

Geneva Bible 1599

His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe.

Darby Translation

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;

Young's Literal Translation

From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.

Bible in Basic English

Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.

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Cross references

“roots”

Hosea 9:16 Isaiah 5:24 Amos 2:9 Malachi 4:1 Job 29:19

Hosea 9:16 · BSB

Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

Isaiah 5:24 · BSB

Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Host…

Amos 2:9 · BSB

Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.

Malachi 4:1 · BSB

“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left…

Job 29:19 · BSB

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

“shall his branch”

Job 15:30 Job 5:3 Job 5:4

Job 15:30 · BSB

He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.

Job 5:3 · BSB

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

Job 5:4 · BSB

His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

17The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

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