Parallel Verses

NET Bible

My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long.

New American Standard Bible

‘My root is spread out to the waters,
And dew lies all night on my branch.

King James Version

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

Holman Bible

My roots will have access to water,
and the dew will rest on my branches all night.

International Standard Version

My roots have spread out and have found water, and dew settles at night on my branches.

A Conservative Version

My root is spread out to the waters, and the dew lays all night upon my branch.

American Standard Version

My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;

Amplified


‘My root is spread out and open to the waters,
And the dew lies all night upon my branch.

Bible in Basic English

My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches,

Darby Translation

My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;

Julia Smith Translation

My root opened to the waters, and the dew will lodge upon my foliage.

King James 2000

My root was spread out to the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

Lexham Expanded Bible

My roots [were] open to water, and dew spent the night on my branches;

Modern King James verseion

My root was open to the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

For my root was spread out by the water's side, and the dew lay upon my corn.

New Heart English Bible

My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

The Emphasized Bible

My root, is laid open to the waters, and, the dew, shall lodge for the night in my boughs;

Webster

My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

World English Bible

My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

Youngs Literal Translation

My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
My root
שׁרשׁ 
Sheresh 
Usage: 33

פּתח 
Pathach 
Usage: 143

by the waters
מים 
Mayim 
Usage: 581

and the dew
טל 
Tal 
dew
Usage: 31

לין לוּן 
Luwn 
Usage: 84

References

American

Dew

Fausets

Dew

Morish

Dew

Smith

Context Readings

Job's Final Defense

18 "Then I thought, 'I will die in my own home, my days as numerous as the grains of sand. 19 My roots reach the water, and the dew lies on my branches all night long. 20 My glory will always be fresh in me, and my bow ever new in my hand.'


Cross References

Job 18:16

Below his roots dry up, and his branches wither above.

Jeremiah 17:8

They will be like a tree planted near a stream whose roots spread out toward the water. It has nothing to fear when the heat comes. Its leaves are always green. It has no need to be concerned in a year of drought. It does not stop bearing fruit.

Psalm 1:3

He is like a tree planted by flowing streams; it yields its fruit at the proper time, and its leaves never fall off. He succeeds in everything he attempts.

Hosea 14:5-7

I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like a lily, he will send down his roots like a cedar of Lebanon.

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