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Job 29:19

17 I shattered the fangs of the unjust and snatched the prey from his teeth.

18 So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

20 My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’

21 Men listened to me with expectation, waiting silently for my counsel.

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Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
KJV
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
WEB
My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.
ASV
My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;
DARBY
My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;
BLB
My root is open to the waters, and the dew lodges on my branch.
ÅB
Min rot skal ligge åpen for vann, og nattens dugg skal falle på mine greiner.
OTB
Mine røtter sprer seg ut til vannene,
Og dugg ligger på mine grener hele natten.
B1930
Min rot skal ligge åpen for vann, og nattens dugg skal falle på mine grener.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 17:8

    He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.

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  • Psalms 1:3

    He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.

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  • Hosea 14:5–7

    I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.

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  • Job 18:16

    The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

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