Job 29:19
New International Version
My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.

New Living Translation
For I am like a tree whose roots reach the water, whose branches are refreshed with the dew.

English Standard Version
my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches,

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

King James Bible
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

New King James Version
My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lies all night on my branch.

New American Standard Bible
‘My root is spread out to the waters, And dew lies on my branch all night.

NASB 1995
‘My root is spread out to the waters, And dew lies all night on my branch.

NASB 1977
‘My root is spread out to the waters, And dew lies all night on my branch.

Legacy Standard Bible
My root is spread out to the waters, And dew lies all night on my branch.

Amplified Bible
‘My root is spread out and open to the waters, And the dew lies all night upon my branch.

Christian Standard Bible
My roots will have access to water, and the dew will rest on my branches all night.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
My roots will have access to water, and the dew will rest on my branches all night.

American Standard Version
My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
My roots are planted by the waters and the dew will stay, and in harvest I shall be invited

Brenton Septuagint Translation
My root was spread out by the water, and the dew would lodge on my crop.

Contemporary English Version
In those days I was strong like a tree with deep roots and with plenty of water,

Douay-Rheims Bible
My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.

English Revised Version
My root is spread out to the waters, and the dew lieth all night upon my branch:

GOD'S WORD® Translation
My roots will grow toward the water, and dew will lie on my branches all night.

Good News Translation
I was like a tree whose roots always have water and whose branches are wet with dew.

International Standard Version
My roots have spread out and have found water, and dew settles at night on my branches.

JPS Tanakh 1917
My root shall be spread out to the waters, And the dew shall lie all night upon my branch;

Literal Standard Version
My root is open to the waters, | And dew lodges on my branch.

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

New American Bible
My root is spread out to the waters; the dew rests by night on my branches.

NET Bible
My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.

New Revised Standard Version
my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches;

New Heart English Bible
My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

Webster's Bible Translation
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

World English Bible
My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

Young's Literal Translation
My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.

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Context
Job's Former Blessings
18So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand. 19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches. 20My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’…

Cross References
Job 29:18
So I thought: 'I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

Jeremiah 17:8
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

Hosea 14:5
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.


Treasury of Scripture

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch.

root

Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

Psalm 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.

Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.

spread out.

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1. Job bemoans his former prosperity














(19) My root was spread.--It is perhaps better to read this and the next verse in the present: "My root is spread out . . . and the dew lieth. My glory is fresh in me, and my bow is renewed." (Comp. Genesis 49:24.)

Verse 19. - My root was spread out by the waters (comp. Psalm 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8); rather, to the waters - so that the waters reached it and nourished it. And the dew lay all night upon my branch. Job compares himself, in his former prosperous state, to a tree growing by a river-side, which receives a double nourishment - from the actual water of the stream, which reaches its roots, and from the moisture evaporated from the stream, which hangs in the air, and descends in the shape of dew upon its leaves and branches. Both sources of refreshment represent the grace and favour of God.

Parallel Commentaries ...


Hebrew
My roots
שָׁרְשִׁ֣י (šā·rə·šî)
Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 8328: A root

[will] spread out
פָת֣וּחַ (p̄ā·ṯū·aḥ)
Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine singular
Strong's 6605: To open wide, to loosen, begin, plough, carve

to
אֱלֵי־ (’ĕ·lê-)
Preposition
Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to

the waters,
מָ֑יִם (mā·yim)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 4325: Water, juice, urine, semen

and the dew
וְ֝טַ֗ל (wə·ṭal)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2919: Night mist, dew

will rest nightly
יָלִ֥ין (yā·lîn)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3885: To stop, to stay permanently, to be obstinate

on my branches.
בִּקְצִירִֽי׃ (biq·ṣî·rî)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 7105: Severed, harvest, the crop, the time, the reaper, a limb


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