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

14Then he has to leave his tent where he had lived safely. He will have to meet the terrible king of death. 15Other people will live in his tent. They have used sulphur to burn all his things. He is like a tree whose roots have become dry, and its branches have fallen off. 17Nobody remembers that he ever lived. They have forgotten his name. 18The wicked person has had to leave this world. He has gone from a place where there is light to a place where it is dark.

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 body is strong and well, like a tree that always has plenty of water.
• Isaiah 5:24Because of that, they will come to a bad end. It will be for them like a hot fire that destroys dry grass. Their roots will die and their flowers will blow away like dust. They have refused to obey the laws of the Lord Almighty. They have not listened to the message that the holy God of Israel has taught them.
• Hosea 9:16Ephraim's people are very sick. They are like a plant that has dry roots and it gives no fruit. Even if they give birth to children that they love very much, I will kill those children.’
• Amos 2:9Remember the Amorites. They were big and strong. They were like the tallest cedar trees and the strongest oak trees. But I destroyed all of them.
• Malachi 4:1‘The great day when I come to judge people will certainly happen. Punishment will come like the great fire of a hot oven. It will destroy all the proud people who do evil things. It will completely destroy them, like a fire that destroys dry grass. Nothing will remain.’ That is what the Lord Almighty says.
• Job 5:3I have seen fools who seemed to be successful. But suddenly a curse destroyed their homes.
• Job 15:30When it becomes dark, he will not be able to escape. He will be like a tree that fire has burned. God's breath will blow him 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