Cross references
Job 18:16
The roots beneath him dry up,
and the branches above him wither away.
Job 18:16 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 5 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Hosea 9:16 (8 votes) and Isaiah 5:24 (6 votes). 29 other verses point back to it. It links with 10 other books, from Deuteronomy 28 to Mark 11.
Which verses does Job 18:16 point to?
Ranked by reader votes. Links with fewer than 4 votes are marked weak.
- Hosea 9:168 votes
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.
- Isaiah 5:246 votes
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.
- Job 15:305 votes
He will not escape from the darkness; the flame will wither his shoots, and the breath of God’s mouth will carry him away.
- Amos 2:95 votes
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 4:15 votes
“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 5:3–43 votes
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed. His sons are far from safety, crushed in court without a defender.
- Job 29:193 votes
My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
Which verses point to Job 18:16?
The 10 strongest of 29.