Parallel Verses

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

"Oftentimes, a thing doth flourish, and men think that it may abide the sunshine. It shooteth forth the branches in its garden,

New American Standard Bible

“He thrives before the sun,
And his shoots spread out over his garden.

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine;
his shoots spread out over his garden.

International Standard Version

He is a fresh sapling planted in the sunlight, spreading out its branches over its garden.

A Conservative Version

He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.

American Standard Version

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

Amplified


“He thrives and prospers [like a green plant] before the sun,
And his branches spread out over his garden.

Bible in Basic English

He is full of strength before the sun, and his branches go out over his garden.

Darby Translation

He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;

Julia Smith Translation

It was moist before the sun, and its sprout will come forth upon his garden.

King James 2000

He grows green in the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden.

Lexham Expanded Bible

He [is] {thriving} {before} the sun, and his plant shoots spread over his garden.

Modern King James verseion

He is moist before the sun, and his branches shoot forth in his garden.

NET Bible

He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.

New Heart English Bible

He is green before the sun. His shoots go forth over his garden.

The Emphasized Bible

Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:

Webster

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

World English Bible

He is green before the sun. His shoots go forth over his garden.

Youngs Literal Translation

Green he is before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
He is green
רטב 
Ratob 
Usage: 1

פּנים 
Paniym 
Usage: 2119

the sun
שׁמשׁ 
Shemesh 
Usage: 134

and his branch
יונקת 
Yowneqeth 
Usage: 6

יצא 
Yatsa' 
....out, ....forth, bring, come, proceed, go, depart,
Usage: 1068

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Context Readings

Bildad's First Response To Job

15 He leaneth him upon his house, but he shall not stand; he holdeth him fast by it, yet shall he not endure. 16 "Oftentimes, a thing doth flourish, and men think that it may abide the sunshine. It shooteth forth the branches in its garden, 17 and it taketh many roots: insomuch that it is like a house of stone.

Cross References

Psalm 80:11

She stretched out her branches unto the sea, and her boughs unto the river.

Job 5:3

I have seen myself, when the foolish was deep rooted, that his beauty was suddenly destroyed,

Job 21:7-15

"Wherefore do wicked men live in health and prosperity, come to their old age, and increase in riches?

Psalm 37:35-36

I myself have seen the ungodly in great power, and flourishing like a green bay-tree.

Psalm 73:3-12

And why? I was grieved at the wicked, to see the ungodly in such prosperity.

Jeremiah 11:16

The LORD called thee a green olive tree, a fair one, a fruitful one, a goodly one: but now that there is a contrary report of thee abroad, he will burn thee up, and destroy thy branches.

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