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


In Context

13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hope of the godless man shall perish:

14 Whose confidence shall break in sunder, and whose trust is a spider's web.

15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

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

17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.

18 If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

Job 8:16 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:16He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:16He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:16He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:16He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16He is green before the sun. His shoots go forth over his garden.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:16Green he is before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:16He is green before the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden.