Job 8:16

In 11 translations

BSB

He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

KJV

He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

WEB

He is green before the sun. His shoots go out along his garden.

ASV

He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

LSV

He [is] green before the sun, || And over his garden his branch goes out.

YLT

Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.

DBY

He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;

DRC

He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.

GNV

The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.

JPS

He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.

LXXE

For it is moist under the sun, and his branch shall come forth out of his dung-heap.

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WLC

רָטֹ֣ב ה֭וּא לִפְנֵי־שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְעַ֥ל גַּ֝נָּת֗וֹ יֹֽנַקְתּ֥וֹ תֵצֵֽא׃We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.We read one or more accents in L differently than BHS. Often this notation indicates a typographical error in BHS.

LXX-Br

Ὑγρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ ἡλίου· καὶ ἐκ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται.

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• Psalms 80:11It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
• Psalms 73:3–12For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked. They have no struggle in their death; their bodies are well-fed. They are free of the burdens others carry; they are not afflicted like other men.…
• Jeremiah 11:16The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
• Psalms 37:35–36I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree, yet he passed away and was no more; though I searched, he could not be found.
• Job 5:3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
• Job 21:7–15Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power? Their descendants are established around them, and their offspring before their eyes. Their homes are safe from fear; no rod of punishment from God is…

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