Job 8:16
He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
In Context
15He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand: he shall prop it up, and it shall not rise:
17His roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones, and among the stones he shall abide.
Cross References
Job 5:3I have seen a fool with a strong root, and I cursed his beauty immediately.
Psalms 37:35I have seen the wicked highly exalted, and lifted up like the cedars of Libanus.
Psalms 80:11The shadow of it covered the hills: and the branches thereof the cedars of God.
Matthew Henry on Job 8:9-20
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:… Read the whole commentary →