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Bildad: Job Should Repent

Job 8:19

In 11 translations

BSB
Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
KJV
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
WEB
Behold, this is the joy of his way. Out of the earth, others will spring.
ASV
Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.
LSV
Behold, this [is] the joy of His way, || And from the dust others spring up.
YLT
Lo, this [is] the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'
DBY
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.
DRC
For this is the joy of his way, that others may spring again out of the earth.
GNV
Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
JPS
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others spring.
LXXE
that such is the overthrow of the ungodly? and out of the earth another shall grow.

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Original-language editions

WLC
הֶן־ה֭וּא מְשׂ֣וֹשׂ דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וּ֝מֵעָפָ֗ר אַחֵ֥ר יִצְמָֽחוּ׃
LXX-Br
ὅτι καταστροφὴ ἀσεβοῦς τοιαύτη, ἐκ δὲ γῆς ἄλλον ἀναβλαστήσει.

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Cross-references most cited first

  • Job 20:5the triumph of the wicked has been brief and the joy of the godless momentary?
  • Psalms 113:7He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the dump
  • 1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats them among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the…
  • Matthew 3:9And do not presume to say to yourselves, ‘We have Abraham as our father.’ For I tell you that out of these stones God can raise up children for Abraham.
  • Ezekiel 17:24Then all the trees of the field will know that I am the LORD. I bring the tall tree down and make the low tree tall. I dry up the green tree and make the withered tree flourish. I, the LORD, have spoken, and I have…
  • Psalms 75:7but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
  • Matthew 13:20–21The seed sown on rocky ground is the one who hears the word and at once receives it with joy. But since he has no root, he remains for only a season. When trouble or persecution comes because of the word, he quickly…

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