Job 18:16
His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.
World English Bible Catholic
In The King James Version
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
In Context
15There will dwell in his tent that which is none of his. Sulfur will be scattered on his habitation.
17His memory will perish from the earth. He will have no name in the street.
Cross References
Job 8:17His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
Job 29:19My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
Hosea 9:16Ephraim is struck. Their root has dried up. They will bear no fruit. Even though they give birth, yet I will kill the beloved ones of their womb.”
Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day comes, burning like a furnace, when all the proud and all who work wickedness will be stubble. The day that comes will burn them up,” says the LORD of Armies, “so that it will leave them neither root nor 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 →