New Revised Standard Version
It will be paid in full before their time, and their branch will not be green.

Contemporary English Version
like a date palm tree without a leaf.

New American Bible
He shall wither before his time, his branches no longer green.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Before his days be full he shall perish: and his hands shall wither away.

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

accomplished.

Job 22:16 Who were taken away before their time, and a flood hath overthrown their foundation.

Psalm 55:23 But thou, O God, shalt bring them down into the pit of destruction. Bloody and deceitful men shall not live out half their days; but I will trust in thee, O Lord.

Ecclesiastes 7:17 Be not overmuch wicked: and be not foolish, lest thou die before thy time.

and his branch

Job 8:16-19 He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh; and at his rising, his blossom shall shoot forth. . . .

Job 14:7-9 A tree hath hope: if it be cut, it growth green again, and the boughs thereof sprout. . . .

Job 18:16,17 Let his roots be dried up beneath, and his harvest destroyed above. . . .

Psalm 52:5-8 Therefore will God destroy thee for ever: he will pluck thee out, and remove thee from thy dwelling place: and thy root out of the land of the living. . . .

Isaiah 27:11 Its harvest shall be destroyed with drought, women shall come and teach it: for it is not a wise people, therefore he that made it, shall not have mercy on it: and he that formed it, shall not spare it.

Ezekiel 17:8-10 It was planted in a good ground upon many waters, that it might bring forth branches, and bear fruit, that it might become a large vine. . . .

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.

Hosea 14:5-7 I will be as the dew, Israel shall spring as the lily, and his root shall shoot forth as that of Libanus. . . .

John 15:6 If any one abide not in me, he shall be cast forth as a branch and shall wither: and they shall gather him up and cast him into the fire: and he burneth.