Job 8:19
Behold, this [is] the joy of His way, || And from the dust others spring up.
Literal Standard Version
In The King James Version
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
In Context
18If [one] destroys him from his place, || Then it has feigned concerning him, || I have not seen you!
20Behold, God does not reject the perfect, || Nor takes hold on the hand of evildoers.
Cross References
1 Samuel 2:8He raises the poor from the dust, || He lifts up the needy from a dunghill, || To cause [them] to sit with nobles, || Indeed, He causes them to inherit a throne of glory, || For the fixtures of earth [are] of YHWH, || And He sets the habitable world on them.
Psalms 75:7But God [is] judging, || This He makes low—and this He lifts up.
Ezekiel 17:24And all trees of the field have known || That I, YHWH, have made the high tree low, || I have set the low tree on high, || I have dried up the moist tree, || And I have caused the dry tree to flourish, || I, YHWH, have spoken, and have done [it]!”
Matthew 13:20And that sown on the rocky places, this is he who is hearing the word, and immediately with joy is receiving it,
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 →