Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden; New Living Translation The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden. English Standard Version He is a lush plant before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden. Berean Standard Bible He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden. King James Bible He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. New King James Version He grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden. New American Standard Bible “He flourishes before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden. NASB 1995 “He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden. NASB 1977 “He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden. Legacy Standard Bible He thrives before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden. Amplified Bible “He thrives and prospers [like a green plant] before the sun, And his branches spread out over his garden. Christian Standard Bible He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine; his shoots spread out over his garden. Holman Christian Standard Bible He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine; his shoots spread out over his garden. American Standard Version He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden. Contemporary English Version Sinful people are like plants with spreading roots and plenty of sun and water. English Revised Version He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden. GOD'S WORD® Translation He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine. The shoots spread over his garden. Good News Translation Evil people sprout like weeds in the sun, like weeds that spread all through the garden. International Standard Version He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight, spreading out its branches over its garden. Majority Standard Bible He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden. NET Bible He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden. New Heart English Bible He is green before the sun. His shoots go forth over his garden. Webster's Bible Translation He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. World English Bible He is green before the sun. His shoots go out along his garden. Literal Translations Literal Standard VersionHe [is] green before the sun, "" And over his garden his branch goes out. Young's Literal Translation Green he is before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out. Smith's Literal Translation It was moist before the sun, and its sprout will come forth upon his garden. Catholic Translations Douay-Rheims BibleHe seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth. Catholic Public Domain Version He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth. New American Bible He thrives in full sun, and over his garden his shoots go forth; New Revised Standard Version The wicked thrive before the sun, and their shoots spread over the garden. Translations from Aramaic Lamsa BibleHe is like green vegetation before the sun, and his roots shall rest in a ground liable to be washed away. Peshitta Holy Bible Translated It is as green fruit before the sun OT Translations JPS Tanakh 1917He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden. Brenton Septuagint Translation For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap. Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context Bildad: Job Should Repent…15He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure. 16He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden. 17His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.… Cross References Psalm 1:3 He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does. 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. Matthew 13:6 But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Mark 4:6 But when the sun rose, the seedlings were scorched, and they withered because they had no root. Luke 8:6 Some fell on rocky ground, and when it came up, the seedlings withered because they had no moisture. John 15:6 If anyone does not remain in Me, he is like a branch that is thrown away and withers. Such branches are gathered up, thrown into the fire, and burned. Isaiah 40:24 No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble. Ezekiel 17:9-10 So you are to tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Will it flourish? Will it not be uprooted and stripped of its fruit so that it shrivels? All its foliage will wither! It will not take a strong arm or many people to pull it up by its roots. / Even if it is transplanted, will it flourish? Will it not completely wither when the east wind strikes? It will wither on the bed where it sprouted.’” Hosea 9:16 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. Psalm 92:12-14 The righteous will flourish like a palm tree, and grow like a cedar in Lebanon. / Planted in the house of the LORD, they will flourish in the courts of our God. / In old age they will still bear fruit; healthy and green they will remain, Isaiah 5:24 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. Matthew 15:13 But Jesus replied, “Every plant that My heavenly Father has not planted will be pulled up by its roots. 2 Peter 2:17 These men are springs without water and mists driven by a storm. Blackest darkness is reserved for them. Jude 1:12 These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted. Isaiah 27:11 When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator shows them no favor. Treasury of Scripture He is green before the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden. green Job 21:7-15 Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power? … Psalm 37:35,36 I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree… Psalm 73:3-12 For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked… his branch Job 5:3 I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation. Jump to Previous Branch Branches Forth Full Garden Green Plant Sap Shooteth Shoots Spread Spreading Sprout Strength Sun Sunshine Well-WateredJump to Next Branch Branches Forth Full Garden Green Plant Sap Shooteth Shoots Spread Spreading Sprout Strength Sun Sunshine Well-WateredJob 8 1. Bildad shows God's justice in dealing with men according to their works.8. He alleges antiquity to prove the certain destruction of the hypocrite. 20. He applies God's just dealing to Job. He is a well-watered plant This phrase uses the imagery of a plant that is abundantly nourished, suggesting prosperity and vitality. In the Hebrew context, the word for "well-watered" (רָטֹב, ratob) implies a state of being saturated or fully supplied with what is necessary for growth. This can be seen as a metaphor for a person who appears to be thriving and blessed, possibly due to their own efforts or external circumstances. In the ancient Near Eastern culture, water was a precious resource, and a well-watered plant would symbolize a life of abundance and favor. in the sunshine spreading its shoots over the garden Parallel Commentaries ... Hebrew Heה֭וּא (hū) Pronoun - third person masculine singular Strong's 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are is a well-watered plant רָטֹ֣ב (rā·ṭōḇ) Adjective - masculine singular Strong's 7373: Moist, juicy, fresh in לִפְנֵי־ (lip̄·nê-) Preposition-l | Noun - masculine plural construct Strong's 6440: The face the sunshine, שָׁ֑מֶשׁ (šā·meš) Noun - common singular Strong's 8121: The sun, the east, a ray, a notched battlement spreading תֵצֵֽא׃ (ṯê·ṣê) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular Strong's 3318: To go, bring, out, direct and proxim its shoots יֹֽנַקְתּ֥וֹ (yō·naq·tōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 3127: A young shoot, twig over וְעַ֥ל (wə·‘al) Conjunctive waw | Preposition Strong's 5921: Above, over, upon, against the garden. גַּ֝נָּת֗וֹ (gan·nā·ṯōw) Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's 1593: A garden Links Job 8:16 NIVJob 8:16 NLT Job 8:16 ESV Job 8:16 NASB Job 8:16 KJV Job 8:16 BibleApps.com Job 8:16 Biblia Paralela Job 8:16 Chinese Bible Job 8:16 French Bible Job 8:16 Catholic Bible OT Poetry: Job 8:16 He is green before the sun (Jb) |
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