Job 8:16 BSB — MannaFest

Job 8:16

He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

2 voices

Gregory the Dialogist

Morals on the Book of Job, Book VIII (604)

It is seen moist before the sun cometh, and his produce issueth forth in his springing up. Oftentimes in Holy Writ the Lord is represented by the title of the Sun, as it is said by the Prophet, But unto you that fear My Name shall the Sun of righteousness arise.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

John Wesley

1703–1791

Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament (1765)

Branch - His children, who are here mentioned as additions not only to his comfort, but also to his strength and safety. Garden - A place where it is defended from those injuries to which the trees of the field are subject, and where, besides the advantages common to all trees, it hath peculiar helps from the art and industry of men.

Voices on this verse

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
רָטֹ֣ב	ra.To	[is] a fresh [plant]	H7373 →
ה֭וּא	hu'	he	H1931 →
לִפְנֵי־	lif.nei-	<to> before	H6440 →
שָׁ֑מֶשׁ	Sha.mesh	[the] sun	H8121 →
וְעַ֥ל	ve.'Al	and over	H5921 →
גַּ֝נָּת֗וֹ	ga.na.To	garden its	H1593 →
יֹֽנַקְתּ֥וֹ	yo.nak.To	young shoot[s] its	H3127 →
תֵצֵֽא׃	te.Tze'	it goes out	H3318 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

H3127yonaktoyoung shoot[s] its6×

The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Job 5:3
I have seen a fool taking root, but suddenly his house was cursed.
leads to
- Psalms 73:18–20
  Surely You set them on slick ground; You cast them down into ruin.
- Psalms 92:7
  that though the wicked sprout like grass, and all evildoers flourish, they will be forever destroyed.
- Job 27:8
  For what is the hope of the godless when he is cut off, when God takes away his life?
Through
Psalms 80:11
It sent out its branches to the Sea, and its shoots toward the River.
leads to
- Psalms 72:8
  May he rule from sea to sea, and from the Euphrates to the ends of the earth.
Through
Jeremiah 11:16
The LORD once called you a flourishing olive tree, beautiful with well-formed fruit. But with a mighty roar He will set it on fire, and its branches will be consumed.
leads to
- Romans 11:17–24
  Now if some branches have been broken off, and you, a wild olive shoot, have been grafted in among the others to share in the nourishment of the olive root,
- Isaiah 27:11
  When its limbs are dry, they are broken off. Women come and use them for kindling; for this is a people without understanding. Therefore their Maker has no compassion on them, and their Creator…
- Psalms 52:8
  But I am like an olive tree flourishing in the house of God; I trust in the loving devotion of God forever and ever.
- Psalms 80:16
  Your vine has been cut down and burned; they perish at the rebuke of Your countenance.

About Job

Job Hears of His Misfortunes — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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01Commentary

The record, by era

Voices on this verse

02Original language & word study

03The walk

Where the connections lead

04Related verses

06About Job

The record, by era

Where the connections lead

Commentary

Original language & word study

The walk

Related verses

About Job