Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
Green he is before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.
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.
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,
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.
Interlinear
Paniym
Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 8:16
Verse Info
Context Readings
Bildad's First Response To Job
15 He leaneth on his house -- and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it -- and it abideth not. 16 Green he is before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out. 17 By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.
Names
Cross References
Psalm 80:11
It sendeth forth its branches unto the sea, And unto the river its sucklings.
Job 5:3
I -- I have seen the perverse taking root, And I mark his habitation straightway,
Job 21:7-15
Wherefore do the wicked live? They have become old, Yea, they have been mighty in wealth.
Psalm 37:35-36
I have seen the wicked terrible, And spreading as a green native plant,
Psalm 73:3-12
The peace of the wicked I see, That there are no bands at their death,
Jeremiah 11:16
'An olive, green, fair, of goodly fruit,' Hath Jehovah called thy name, At the noise of a great tumult He hath kindled fire against it, And broken have been its thin branches.