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


In Context

13 So are the paths of all forgetting God, And the hope of the profane doth perish,

14 Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.

15 He leaneth on his house — and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it — and it abideth not.

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

17 By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.

18 If one doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, 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 English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:16He is green before the sun, and his shoots go 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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