Job 18:16
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.”
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BSBPD
“The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 18:16 — 8 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 5:3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
- Job 8:17His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
- Job 15:30He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
- Job 29:19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
- Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Hosea 9:16Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
- Amos 2:9Yet it was I who destroyed the Amorite before them, though his height was like that of the cedars, and he was as strong as the oaks. Yet I destroyed his fruit above and his roots below.
- Malachi 4:1“For behold, the day is coming, burning like a furnace, when all the arrogant and every evildoer will be stubble; the day is coming when I will set them ablaze,” says the LORD of Hosts. “Not a root or branch will be left to them.”
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