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Job Laments the Finality of Death

Job 14:9

In 11 translations

BSB
at the scent of water it will bud and put forth twigs like a sapling.
KJV
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
WEB
yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant.
ASV
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
LSV
From the fragrance of water it flourishes, || And has made a crop as a plant.
YLT
From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.
DBY
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.
DRC
At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.
GNV
Yet by the sent of water it will bud, and bring foorth boughes like a plant.
JPS
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
LXXE
it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

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Original-language editions

WLC
מֵרֵ֣יחַ מַ֣יִם יַפְרִ֑חַ וְעָשָׂ֖ה קָצִ֣יר כְּמוֹ־נָֽטַע׃
LXX-Br
τὸ στέλεχος αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ ὀσμῆς ὕδατος ἀνθήσει, ποιήσει δὲ θερισμὸν, ὥσπερ νεόφυτον.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Romans 11:17–24Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root, do not boast over those branches. If you do, remember this:…
  • Ezekiel 17:3–10and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers of many colors, came to Lebanon and took away the top of the cedar. He plucked off its topmost…
  • Ezekiel 17:22–24This is what the Lord GOD says: ‘I will take a shoot from the lofty top of the cedar, and I will set it out. I will pluck a tender sprig from its topmost shoots, and I will plant it on a high and lofty mountain. I will…
  • Ezekiel 19:10Your mother was like a vine in your vineyard, planted by the water; it was fruitful and full of branches because of the abundant waters.

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