Job 18:16
Beneath, let his roots be dried up, and, above, be cut off his branch;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
In Context
15There shall dwell in his tent, what is naught-of-his, Let brimstone be strewed over his dwelling;
Cross References
Job 8:17Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
Job 29:19My root, is laid open to the waters, and, the dew, shall lodge for the night in my boughs;
Hosea 9:16Smitten is Ephraim, their root, hath dried up, fruit, shall they not bear,—yea, though they do bring forth, yet will I slay the darlings of their womb.
Malachi 4:1For lo! the day, cometh, that burneth as a furnace,—and, all the proud and everyone who worketh lawlessness, shall be, stubble, and the day that cometh, shall consume them utterly, saith Yahweh of hosts, that it shall 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 →