Job 18:16

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Job 18:14–18 · Berean Standard Bible

14 He is torn from the shelter of his tent and is marched off to the king of terrors.

15 Fire resides in his tent; burning sulfur rains down on his dwelling.

16 The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

17 The memory of him perishes from the earth, and he has no name in the land.

18 He is driven from light into darkness and is chased from the inhabited world.

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Cross-references

The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.

Job 29:19

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

Isaiah 5:24

Therefore, 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 Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Hosea 9:16

Ephraim is struck down; their root is withered; they cannot bear fruit. Even if they bear children, I will slay the darlings of their wombs.

Amos 2:9

Yet 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.

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 left to them.”

Job 5:3

I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.

Job 5:4

His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.

Job 15:30

He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.