God’s Word Translation
Job 18:16
16His roots dry up under him. His branches wither over him.
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 dragged from the safety of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. 15Fire lives in his tent. Sulfur is scattered over his home. His roots dry up under him. His branches wither over him. 17All memory about him will vanish from the earth, and his reputation will not be known on the street corner. 18He will be driven from the light into the dark and chased out of the world.
Read all of Job 18Job 18:16 word by word
מִ֭תַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל יִמַּ֥ל קְצִירֽוֹ׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
Cross-references for Job 18:16
- Job 29:19My roots will grow toward the water, and dew will lie on my branches all night.
- Isaiah 5:24As flames burn up straw and dry grass shrivels in flames, so their roots will rot, and their blossoms will blow away like dust. They have rejected the teachings of the Lord of Armies and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Hosea 9:16“The people of Ephraim are like sick plants. Their roots are dried up. They have no fruit. Even if they were to have children, I would kill their dear children.”
- Amos 2:9I destroyed the Amorites in front of them, although the Amorites were as tall as cedars and as strong as oaks. I destroyed their fruit above the ground and their roots below it.
- Malachi 4:1“Certainly the day is coming! It will burn like a furnace. All arrogant people and all evildoers will be ⌞like⌟ straw. The day that is coming will burn them up completely,” says the Lord of Armies. “It won’t leave a single root or branch.
- Job 5:3I have seen a stubborn fool take root, but I quickly cursed his house.
- Job 15:30“He won’t escape the darkness. A flame will shrivel his branches. He will be blown away by his own breath.
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
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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
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