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Job 18

Job 18:16 KJV (With Strong’s)

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His roots
sheresh (Hebrew #8328)
a root (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bottom, deep, heel, root.
Pronounce: sheh'-resh
Origin: from 8327
r shall be dried up
yabesh (Hebrew #3001)
to be ashamed, confused or disappointed; also (as failing) to dry up (as water) or wither (as herbage)
KJV usage: be ashamed, clean, be confounded, (make) dry (up), (do) shame(-fully), X utterly, wither (away).
Pronounce: yaw-bashe'
Origin: a primitive root
beneath, and above
ma`al (Hebrew #4605)
properly, the upper part, used only adverbially with prefix upward, above, overhead, from the top, etc.
KJV usage: above, exceeding(-ly), forward, on (X very) high, over, up(-on, -ward), very.
Pronounce: mah'al
Origin: from 5927
shall his branch
qatsiyr (Hebrew #7105)
severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)
KJV usage: bough, branch, harvest (man).
Pronounce: kaw-tseer'
Origin: from 7114
be cut off
namal (Hebrew #5243)
to become clipped or (specifically) circumcised
KJV usage: (branch to) be cut down (off), circumcise.
Pronounce: naw-mal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Isa. 5:24• 24Therefore 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. (Isa. 5:24)

Cross References

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Ministry on This Verse

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Job 29:19• 19My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch; (Job 29:19)
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Isa. 5:24• 24Therefore 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. (Isa. 5:24)
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Hos. 9:16• 16Ephraim 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. (Hos. 9:16)
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Amos 2:9• 9But 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. (Amos 2:9)
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Mal. 4:1• 1For 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. (Mal. 4:1)
shall his branch.
Job 5:3‑4• 3I myself saw the foolish taking root, but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
 4His children are far from safety, and they are crushed in the gate, and there is no deliverer: (Job 5:3‑4)
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Job 15:30• 30He shall not depart out of darkness; the flame shall dry up his branches; and by the breath of his mouth shall he go away. (Job 15:30)
• Root and branch dried up (vers. 16-19). (“Job 3-31” by S. Ridout)

J. N. Darby Translation

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