Job 8:16 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

The wicked thrive before the sun, and their shoots spread over the garden.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

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

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

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

American Standard Version (1901)

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

Common English Bible

It’s like a well-watered plant in the sun; its runners spread over its gardens.

Catholic Public Domain Version

He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.

Job 8:16 Cross References

Job 5:3

I have seen fools taking root, but suddenly I cursed their dwelling.

Job 8:17

Their roots twine around the stoneheap; they live among the rocks.

Psalm 80:11

it sent out its branches to the sea and its shoots to the River.

Jeremiah 11:16

The Lord once called you, “A green olive tree, fair with goodly fruit,” but with the roar of a great tempest he will set fire to it, and its branches will be consumed.