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Job 8:16

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16He is thrivingw beforex the sun,

and his plant shoots spread over his garden.

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Footnotes

  1. wLiterally “soaked,” or “well-watered”
  2. xLiterally “to the faces of”

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

He is a lush plant before the sun,

and his shoots spread over his garden.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,

spreading its shoots over the garden;

CSBChristian Standard Bible

He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine;

his shoots spread out over his garden.

NLTNew Living Translation

The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine,

its branches spreading across the garden.

KJV 1900King James Version

He is green before the sun,

And his branch shooteth forth in his garden.