Job 18:16

In 11 translations

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.

LSV

From beneath his roots are dried up, || And from above his crop is cut off.

YLT

From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.

DBY

His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;

DRC

Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.

GNV

His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe.

JPS

His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.

LXXE

His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above.

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Original-language editions

WLC

מִ֭תַּחַת שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יִבָ֑שׁוּ וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל יִמַּ֥ל קְצִירֽוֹ׃

LXX-Br

Ὑποκάτωθεν αἱ ῥίζαι αὐτοῦ ξηρανθήσονται, καὶ ἐπάνωθεν ἐπιπεσεῖται θερισμὸς αὐτοῦ.

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Cross-references most cited first

• 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.
• 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…
• 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…
• 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.
• 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.
• Job 29:19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
• Job 5:3–4I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed. His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

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