Job 8:16 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

¹⁶ He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁶ He is green before the sun, And his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁶ He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁶ He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

Common English Bible

¹⁶ It’s like a well-watered plant in the sun; its runners spread over its gardens.

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁶ He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.

Job 8:16 Cross References

Job 5:3

I have seen the foolish taking root: but suddenly I cursed his habitation.

Job 8:17

His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

Psalm 80:11

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

Jeremiah 11:16

The Lord called thy name, A green olive tree, fair, and of goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.