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Job 18:16

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— “His roots are dried below, And his branch is cut off above.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— Beneath, let his roots be dried up, and, above, be cut off his branch;
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his branche be cut downe.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— His rootes shall be dryed vp beneath: and aboue shall his branch be cut off.
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his vintage be cut off.
Brenton Greek Septuagint (LXX, Restored Names)
— His roots shall be dried up from beneath, and his crop shall fall away from above.
Full Hebrew Names / Holy Name KJV (2008) [2] [3]
— His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

Strong's Numbers & Hebrew NamesHebrew Old TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
His roots 8328
{8328} Prime
שֹׁרֶשׁ
sheresh
{sheh'-resh}
From H8327; a root (literally or figuratively).
shall be dried up 3001
{3001} Prime
יָבֵשׁ
yabesh
{yaw-bashe'}
A primitive root; to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage).
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
beneath, x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
x8478
(8478) Complement
תַּחַת
tachath
{takh'-ath}
From the same as H8430; the bottom (as depressed); only adverbially below (often with prepositional prefix underneath), in lieu of, etc.
and above 4605
{4605} Prime
מַעַל
ma`al
{mah'-al}
From H5927; properly the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
x4480
(4480) Complement
מִן
min
{min}
For H4482; properly a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses.
shall his branch 7105
{7105} Prime
קָצִיר
qatsiyr
{kaw-tseer'}
From H7114; severed, that is, harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage).
be cut off. 5243
{5243} Prime
נָמַל
namal
{naw-mal'}
A primitive root; to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised.
z8799
<8799> Grammar
Stem - Qal (See H8851)
Mood - Imperfect (See H8811)
Count - 19885
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

Job 18:16

_ _ Roots — himself.

_ _ branch — his children (Job 8:12; Job 15:30; Malachi 4:1).

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on Job 18:11-21.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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Geneva Bible Translation Notes

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Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance
roots:

Job 29:19 My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
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.
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.
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.
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.

shall his branch:

Job 5:3-4 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. ... His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, neither [is there] any to deliver [them].
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.
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Jb 5:3; 15:30; 29:19. Is 5:24. Ho 9:16. Am 2:9. Mal 4:1.

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