Job 29:19
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
Job 29:19 in other translations
| BSB | My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches. |
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| WEB | My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch. |
| ASV | My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch: |
| YLT | My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch. |
| DARBY | My root shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch; |
| BBE | My root will be open to the waters, and the night mist will be on my branches, |
| Webster | My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. |
What does Job 29:19 mean?
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain
Adam Clarke's Commentary
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Job 29:18-25
Being thus honoured and useful, Job had hoped to die in peace and honour, in a good old age. If such an expectation arise from lively faith in the providence and promise of God, it is well; but if from conceit of our own wisdom, and dependence on changeable, earthly things, it is ill grounded, and turns to sin. Every one that has the spirit of wisdom, has not the spirit of government; but Job had both. Yet he had…
Job 29:19 in the original Hebrew
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Cross references for Job 29:19
- Jeremiah 17:8
For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.
- Psalms 1:3
And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.
- Hosea 14:5-7
I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.
- Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
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Context
- Job 29:18
Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand.
- Job 29:19
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
- Job 29:20
My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand.
Job 29:19 in other languages
| Spanish Reina-Valera 1909 | Mi raíz estaba abierta junto á las aguas, y en mis ramas permanecía el rocío. |
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| French Bible J.N. Darby 1885 | Ma racine sera ouverte aux eaux, et la rosée séjournera sur ma branche; |
| German Elberfelder 1871 | meine Wurzel wird ausgebreitet sein am Wasser, und der Tau wird übernachten auf meinem Gezweig; |
| Latin Clementine Vulgate | Radix mea aperta est secus aquas, et ros morabitur in messione mea. |