19My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.


In Context

16 I was a father to the needy; I took up the case of the stranger.

17 I broke the fangs of the wicked and snatched the victims from their teeth.

18 "I thought, 'I will die in my own house, my days as numerous as the grains of sand.

19 My roots will reach to the water, and the dew will lie all night on my branches.

20 My glory will remain fresh in me, the bow ever new in my hand.'

21 "Men listened to me expectantly, waiting in silence for my counsel.

Job 29:19 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:19My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

29:19My root is opened beside the waters, and dew shall continue in my harvest.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

29:19My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:19My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

29:19My root is spread out to the waters, and the dew lieth all night upon my branch:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

29:19My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

29:19My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

29:19My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch.