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

¹⁶ The wicked thrive before the sun, and their shoots spread over the 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.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

¹⁶ 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.