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.
• 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.
• New Living Translation (NLT)Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.

Context of Job 18:16

14He is torn from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors. 15Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur is scattered over his dwelling. His roots dry up below and his branches wither above. 17The memory of him perishes from the earth; he has no name in the land. 18He is driven from light into the realm of darkness and is banished from the 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 roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.
• Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as tongues of fire lick up straw and as dry grass sinks down in the flames, so their roots will decay and their flowers blow away like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord Almighty and spurned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
• Hosea 9:16Ephraim is blighted, their root is withered, they yield no fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay their cherished offspring.”
• Amos 2:9“Yet I destroyed the Amorites before them, though they were tall as the cedars and strong as the oaks. I destroyed their fruit above and their roots below.
• Malachi 4:1“Surely the day is coming; it will burn like a furnace. All the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble, and the day that is coming will set them on fire,” says the Lord Almighty. “Not a root or a branch will be left to them.
• Job 5:3I myself have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
• Job 15:30He will not escape the darkness; a flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry 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