Job 18:16
What does Job 18:16 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 18:16 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
KJV
King James Version · 1611His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;
Context
Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is smitten, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit: yea, though they bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.
- Amos 2:9
Yet destroyed I the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; yet I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
- Job 29:19
My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch:
- Job 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.
- Job 15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness; The flame shall dry up his branches, And by the breath ofGod’smouth shall he go away.
- Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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