Job 29:19 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

¹⁹ my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches;

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

¹⁹ My root was spread out by the waters, And the dew lay all night upon my branch.

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

¹⁹ My root is spread out and open to the waters, and the dew lies all night upon my branch.

American Standard Version (1901)

¹⁹ My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch:

Common English Bible

¹⁹ my roots opening to water, dew lingering on my branches,

Catholic Public Domain Version

¹⁹ My root has been spread beside the waters, and the dew will remain with my harvest.

Job 29:19 Cross References

Jeremiah 17:8

They shall be like a tree planted by water, sending out its roots by the stream. It shall not fear when heat comes, and its leaves shall stay green; in the year of drought it is not anxious, and it does not cease to bear fruit.

Psalm 1:3

They are like trees planted by streams of water, which yield their fruit in its season, and their leaves do not wither. In all that they do, they prosper.

Job 18:16

Their roots dry up beneath, and their branches wither above.

Job 29:18

Then I thought, ‘I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days like the phoenix;

Job 8:17

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