Job 18:16 · KJV
“His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.”
— Job 18:16
It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because {it is} none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
Job 18 — Context
His confidence shall be rooted out of his tabernacle, and it shall bring him to the king of terrors.
15It shall dwell in his tabernacle, because {it is} none of his: brimstone shall be scattered upon his habitation.
16His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
17His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name in the street.
18He shall be driven from light into darkness, and chased out of the world. {He...: Heb. They shall drive him}
Cross References
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 {even} the beloved {fruit} of their womb. {the...: Heb. the desires}
Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, {so} their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. {fire: Heb. tongue of fire}
Malachi 4:1
For, behold, the day cometh, that shall burn as an oven; and all the proud, yea, and all that do wickedly, shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith the LORD of hosts, that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
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 15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches, and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away.
Job 29:19
My root {was} spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. {spread...: Heb. opened}
Job 5:3-4
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.