Job 8:16
14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.
15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- 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.
- DARBY
- He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;
- BLB
- He [is] lush before the face of the sun, and over his garden, his shoot goes forth;
- ÅB
- Frodig står han der i solens skinn, og hans skudd breder seg ut over hans have;
- OTB
- De er som en plante som blomstrer i sollyset,
sprer sine skudd over hagen. - B1930
- Frodig står han der i solens skinn, og hans skudd breder sig ut over hans have;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Psalms 80:11
She sent out her boughs unto the sea, and her branches unto the river.
Read in contextJob 21:7–15
Wherefore do the wicked live, become old, yea, are mighty in power?
Read in contextPsalms 37:35–36
I have seen the wicked in great power, and spreading himself like a green bay tree.
Read in contextPsalms 73:3–12
For I was envious at the foolish, when I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
Read in contextJob 5:3
I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.
Read in contextJeremiah 11:16
The LORD called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.
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