Job 29:19

Translations

Modern

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

Traditional

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

Literal

My root is open to the waters, and the dew lodges on my branch.

Latin

Radix mea aperta est secus aquas, et ros morabitur in messione mea.

Original

Hebrew

English

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

Notes

Job 29:1–31:40

Job compares his past happiness, honor, and wealth with his current loss of social dignity and divine friendship (chapters 29 and 30). He ends his speech with broad vows of innocence (chapter 31).

Events

Job's Trial

Related verses

Psalm 1:3
He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Jeremiah 17:8
He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Hosea 14:5–7
I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon.
Job 18:16
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

Glossary

Book of Job Branch Dew

Topics

Dew in the Night God: Providence of Meteorology and Celestial Phenomena: General Scriptures Concerning Night: Frequently: Accompanied by Heavy Dew

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