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 DomainASVPD
“He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“Green he <FI>is<Fi> before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 8:16 — 6 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 5:3I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
- Job 21:7Why do the wicked live on, growing old and increasing in power?
- Psalms 37:35I have seen a wicked, ruthless man flourishing like a well-rooted native tree,
- Psalms 73:3For I envied the arrogant when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalms 80:11It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
- 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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