Job 18:16
From beneath his roots are dried up, || And from above his crop is cut off.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
In Context
15It dwells in his tent—out of his provender, || Sulfur is scattered over his habitation.
17His memorial has perished from the land, || And he has no name on the street.
Cross References
Job 8:17His roots are wrapped by a heap, || He looks for a house of stones.
Job 29:19My root is open to the waters, || And dew lodges on my branch.
Hosea 9:16Ephraim has been struck, || Their root has dried up, they do not yield fruit, || Indeed, though they bring forth, || I have put to death the desired of their womb.
Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day has come, burning as a furnace, || When all the proud and all those doing wickedness have been stubble, || And the day that came has burned them,” said YHWH of Hosts, || “That there is not left to them root or branch,
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 →