Job 8:16

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

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

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BSBPD

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

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

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

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

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

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“Green he <FI>is<Fi> before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo Job 8:16 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 5:3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
  2. Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
  3. Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
  4. Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
  5. Psalms 80:11It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
  6. 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.

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