Job 18:16
14 He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.
15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.
18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
- KJV
- His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
- WEB
- His roots will be dried up beneath. His branch will be cut off above.
- ASV
- His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
- DARBY
- His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;
- BLB
- Below, his roots are dried out, and above his branch withers.
- ÅB
- Nedentil tørkes hans røtter bort, og oventil visner hans greiner.
- OTB
- Hans røtter visner nedenfor,
og hans grener blekner ovenfor. - B1930
- Nedentil tørkes hans røtter bort, og oventil visner hans grener.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.
Read in contextIsaiah 5:24
Therefore, 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.
Read in contextJob 15:30
He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
Read in contextMalachi 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.”
Read in contextAmos 2:9
Yet 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.
Read in contextJob 29:19
My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
Read in contextJob 5:3–4
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
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