Job 18:16

Job 18:16 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
• New International Version (NIV)His roots dry up below and his branches wither above.
• English Standard Version (ESV)His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above.
• New King James Version (NKJV)His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.

Context of Job 18:16

14He is torn from his tent which he trusted [for safety], And he is marched and brought to the king of terrors (death). 15Nothing of his dwells in his tent; Brimstone (burning sulfur) is scattered over his dwelling [to purify it]. The roots [of the wicked] are dried up below, And above, his branch is cut off and withers. 17Memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name on the street. 18He is driven and propelled from light into darkness, And chased from the inhabited world.

Job 18:16 word by word

מִ֭תַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל יִמַּ֥ל קְצִירֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• His rootsשֹׁ֫רֶשׁsheresh · rootH8328
• shall be dried upיָבֵשׁyâbêsh · to witherH3001
• beneath, and aboveמַ֫עַלma‛al · aboveH4605
• shall his branchקָצִירqâtsîyr · foliageH7105
• be cut offמָלַלnâmal · to languishH5243

Cross-references for Job 18:16

• Job 29:19My root is spread out and open to the waters, And the dew lies all night upon my branch.
• Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as the tongue of fire consumes the stubble [from straw] And the dry grass collapses into the flame, So their root will become like rot and their blossom blow away like fine dust; Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts And despised and discarded the word of the Holy One of Israel.
• Hosea 9:16Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, They will bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, I will slay the precious children of their womb.
• Amos 2:9“Yet it was I [not the false gods] who destroyed the Amorite before them, Though his height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; I even destroyed his fruit above and his root below.
• Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, and all the arrogant (proud, self-righteous, haughty), and every evildoer shall be stubble; and the day that is coming shall set them on fire,” says the Lord of hosts, “so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.
• Job 5:3I have seen the foolish taking root [and outwardly prospering], But I cursed his dwelling immediately [for his destruction was certain].
• Job 15:30He will not escape from darkness [fleeing disaster]; The flame [of God’s wrath] will wither his branch, And by the blast of His mouth he will go away.

Commentaries on Job 18:16

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 16His roots shall be dried up - his branch be cut off - He shall be as utterly destroyed, both in himself, his posterity, and his property, as a tree is whose branches are all lopped off, and whose every root is cut away.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 16His roots shall be dried up - Another image of complete desolation - where he is compared to a tree that is dead - a figure whose meaning is obvious, and which often occurs; see Job 15:30, note; Job 8:12-13, notes. Above his branch - Perhaps referring to his children or family. All shall be swept away - an allusion which Job could not well hesitate to apply to himself.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-21Verses 11-21 Bildad describes the destruction wicked people are kept for, in the other world, and which in some degree, often seizes them in this world. The way of sin is the way of fear, and leads to everlasting confusion, of which the present terrors of an impure conscience are earnests, as in Cain and Judas. Miserable indeed is a wicked man's death, how secure soever his life was. See him dying; all that he trusts to for his support shall be taken from…Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1616. Roots--himself. branch--his children (Job 8:12; 15:30; Mal 4:1).Read the comment

Topics related to Job 18:16

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Net
• Bildad
• Stones, Precious

Commentaries on Job 18

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary