Job 18:16

Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away.

Leeser Tanakh

In The King James Version

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

In Context

15It will dwell in his tent, because it is no more his: there will be strewed sulphur on his habitation.

17His resemblance vanisheth from the earth, and no name remaineth for him in the streets.

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Cross References

Job 8:17His roots are twisted about a stoneheap, he selecteth [for himself] a place of stones.

Job 29:19My root will stand open for the water, and the dew will lodge on my boughs.

Hosea 9:16Smitten is Ephraim, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they should bring forth, yet would I slay the beloved fruit of their body.

Malachi 4:1(3:19) For, behold, the day is coming, which shall burn as an oven; and all the presumptuous, yea, and all who practise wickedness shall be stubble: and the day that is coming shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, who will not leave them root or bough.

Matthew Henry on Job 18:12-21

11 Terrors shall make him afraid on every side, and shall drive him to his feet. 12 His strength shall be hungerbitten, and destruction shall be ready at his side. 13 It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength. 14 His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors. 15 It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because it is none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation. 16 His roots shall be dried up… Read the whole commentary →

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