Job 18:16
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Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.

roots

Job 29:19 My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.

Isaiah 5:24 Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and the heat of the flame consumeth it: so shall their root be as ashes, and their bud shall go up as dust: for they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Hosea 9:16 Ephraim is struck, their root is dried up, they shall yield no fruit. And if they should have issue, I will slay the best beloved fruit of their womb.

Amos 2:9 Yet I cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots beneath.

Malachi 4:1 For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch.

shall his branch

Job 5:3,4 I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately. . . .

Job 15:30 He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own mouth.

Context
Bildad: God Punishes the Wicked
15Let the companions of him that is not, dwell in his tabernacle, let brimstone be sprinkled in his tent. 16Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above.17Let the memory of him perish from the earth, and let not his name be renowned in the streets.…
Cross References
Job 15:30
He shall not depart out of darkness: the flame shall dry up his branches, and he shall be taken away by the breath of his own mouth.

Job 15:32
Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.

Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and the heat of the flame consumeth it: so shall their root be as ashes, and their bud shall go up as dust: for they have cast away the law of the Lord of hosts, and have blasphemed the word of the Holy One of Israel.

Isaiah 14:20
Thou shalt not keep company with them, even in burial: for thou hast destroyed thy land, thou hast slain thy people: the seed of the wicked shall not be named for ever.

Hosea 9:16
Ephraim is struck, their root is dried up, they shall yield no fruit. And if they should have issue, I will slay the best beloved fruit of their womb.

Amos 2:9
Yet I cast out the Amorrhite before their face: whose height was like the height of cedars, and who was strong as an oak: and I destroyed his fruit from above, and his roots beneath.

Malachi 4:1
For behold the day shall come kindled as a furnace: and all the proud, and all that do wickedly shall be stubble: and the day that cometh shall set them on fire, saith the Lord of hosts, it shall not leave them root, nor branch.

Lexicon
The roots
שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו (šā·rā·šāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8328: A root

beneath him
מִ֭תַּחַת (mit·ta·ḥaṯ)
Preposition-m
Strong's Hebrew 8478: The bottom, below, in lieu of

dry up,
יִבָ֑שׁוּ (yi·ḇā·šū)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 3001: To be ashamed, confused, disappointed, to dry up, wither

and the branches
קְצִירֽוֹ׃ (qə·ṣî·rōw)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb

above him
וּ֝מִמַּ֗עַל (ū·mim·ma·‘al)
Conjunctive waw, Preposition-m | Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 4605: The upper part, with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top

wither away.
יִמַּ֥ל (yim·mal)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5243: Branch to be cut down off, circumcise


Additional Translations
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.

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

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

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

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

His roots shall be dried up beneath. Above shall his branch be cut off.

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