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
And his
King James Version
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
Holman Bible
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
Paniym
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 8:16
Verse Info
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.
Names
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.