New King James Version
Job 18:16
16His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above.
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 Living Translation (NLT)Their roots will dry up, and their branches will wither.
Context of Job 18:16
14He is uprooted from the shelter of his tent, And they parade him before the king of terrors. 15They dwell in his tent who are none of his; Brimstone is scattered on his dwelling. His roots are dried out below, And his branch withers above. 17The memory of him perishes from the earth, And he has no name among the renowned. 18He is driven from light into darkness, 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 root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch.
- Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as the fire devours the stubble, And the flame consumes the chaff, So their root will be as rottenness, And their blossom will ascend like dust; Because they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, And despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Hosea 9:16Ephraim is stricken, Their root is dried up; They shall bear no fruit. Yes, were they to bear children, I would kill the darlings of their womb.”
- Amos 2:9“Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, Whose height was like the height of the cedars, And he was as strong as the oaks; Yet I destroyed his fruit above And his roots beneath.
- Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, Burning like an oven, And all the proud, yes, all who do wickedly will be stubble. And the day which is coming shall burn them up,” Says the Lord of hosts, “That will leave them neither root nor branch.
- Job 5:3I have seen the foolish taking root, But suddenly I cursed his dwelling place.
- Job 15:30He will not depart from darkness; The flame will dry out his branches, And by the breath 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
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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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