Job 14:9

What does Job 14:9 mean?

A plain-English look at Job 14:9 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.

BBE

Bible in Basic English · 1949

Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.

YLT

Young's Literal Translation · 1862

From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.

DRA

Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752

At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.

DBY

Darby Bible · 1890

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.

Context

v.8Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, And the stock thereof die in the ground;

v.9This passage

v.10But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • Ezekiel 17:3

    and say, Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: A great eagle with great wings and long pinions, full of feathers, which had divers colors, came unto Lebanon, and took the top of the cedar:

  • Romans 11:17

    But if some of the branches were broken off, and thou, being a wild olive, wast grafted in among them, and didst become partaker with them of the root of the fatness of the olive tree;

  • Ezekiel 17:22

    Thus saith the Lord Jehovah: I will also take of the lofty top of the cedar, and will set it; I will crop off from the topmost of its young twigs a tender one, and I will plant it upon a high and lofty mountain:

  • Ezekiel 19:10

    Thy mother was like a vine, in thy blood, planted by the waters: it was fruitful and full of branches by reason of many waters.

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