Job 18:16

Revised Standard Version (RSV-CI)

His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above.

Cross References

Hosea 9:16

Ephraim is stricken, their root is dried up, they shall bear no fruit. Even though they bring forth, I will slay their beloved children.

Malachi 4:1

“For behold, the day comes, burning like an oven, when all the arrogant and all evildoers will be stubble; the day that comes shall burn them up, says the Lord of hosts, so that it will leave them neither root nor branch.

Amos 2:9

“Yet I destroyed the Amorite before them, whose height was like the height of the cedars, and who was as strong as the oaks; I destroyed his fruit above, and his roots beneath.

Isaiah 5:24

Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the law of the Lord of hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Job 15:30

he will not escape from darkness; the flame will dry up his shoots, and his blossom will be swept away by the wind.

Job 29:19

my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches,

Job 15:32

It will be paid in full before his time, and his branch will not be green.

Isaiah 14:20

You will not be joined with them in burial, because you have destroyed your land, you have slain your people. “May the descendants of evildoers nevermore be named!

Job 8:17

His roots twine about the stoneheap; he lives among the rocks.