Devine Scripture

Job 8:16

Job chapter 8 · verse 16 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

KJV

King James Version · 1611

He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

Context

v.15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

v.16This passage

v.17His roots are wrapped about the stone-heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

Cross references

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

  • Job 21:7

    Wherefore do the wicked live, Become old, yea, wax mighty in power?

  • Psalms 37:35

    I have seen the wicked in great power, And spreading himself like a green tree in its native soil.

  • Psalms 73:3

    For I was envious at the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.

  • Jeremiah 11:16

    Jehovah called thy name, A green olive-tree, fair with goodly fruit: with the noise of a great tumult he hath kindled fire upon it, and the branches of it are broken.

  • Job 5:3

    I have seen the foolish taking root: But suddenly I cursed his habitation.

  • Psalms 80:11

    It sent out its branches unto the sea, And its shoots unto the River.