Parallel Verses
Darby Translation
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off;
New American Standard Bible
And his
King James Version
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
Holman Bible
and his branches above wither away.
International Standard Version
His roots wither underneath, while his branches above are being cut off.
A Conservative Version
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
American Standard Version
His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
Amplified
“The roots [of the wicked] are dried up below,
And above, his branch is cut off and withers.
Bible in Basic English
Under the earth his roots are dry, and over it his branch is cut off.
Julia Smith Translation
From underneath, his roots shall be dried up, and from above, his harvest shall be cut off.
King James 2000
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His roots dry up {below}, and its branches wither away above.
Modern King James verseion
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and his branch shall wither above.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his harvest be cut down.
NET Bible
Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.
New Heart English Bible
His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.
The Emphasized Bible
Beneath, let his roots be dried up, and, above, be cut off his branch;
Webster
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
World English Bible
His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.
Youngs Literal Translation
From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 18:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's Second Speech
15 They who are none of his shall dwell in his tent; brimstone shall be showered upon his habitation: 16 His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off; 17 His remembrance shall perish from the earth, and he shall have no name on the pasture-grounds.
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Cross References
Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is smitten: their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit; yea, though they should bring forth, yet will I slay the beloved fruit of their womb.
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.
Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as a tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and dry grass sinketh down in the flame, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; for they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Amos 2:9
But I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was as the height of the cedars, and he was strong as the oaks; but I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots from beneath.
Malachi 4:1
For behold, the day cometh, burning as a furnace; and all the proud and all that work wickedness shall be stubble; and the day that cometh shall burn them up, saith Jehovah of hosts, so that it shall leave them neither root nor branch.
Job 29:19
My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;
Job 5:3-4
I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.