Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
Context
This verse from Job Chapter 18 connects to 8 cross-references. Bildad delivers his second speech, scolding Job for treating his friends as senseless animals. He provides an extended description of the fate of the wicked: their light is extinguished, they are snared and terrorized, disease consumes them, and their memory …
Other Translations
His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.
Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.
Cross References
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, …
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong …
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his …
His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither is there any to deliver them.
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do …
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will …