Job 29:19
My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
In Context
18So I thought: ‘I will die in my nest and multiply my days as the sand.
20My glory is ever new within me, and my bow is renewed in my hand.’
Cross References
Job 18:16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
Jeremiah 17:8He is like a tree planted by the waters that sends out its roots toward the stream. It does not fear when the heat comes, and its leaves are always green. It does not worry in a year of drought, nor does it cease to produce fruit.
Matthew Henry on Job 29:19-25
18 Then I said, I shall die in my nest, and I shall multiply my days as the sand. 19 My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch. 20 My glory was fresh in me, and my bow was renewed in my hand. 21 Unto me men gave ear, and waited, and kept silence at my counsel. 22 After my words they spake not again; and my speech dropped upon them. 23 And they waited for me as for the rain; and they opened their mouth wide as for the latter rain. 24 If I laughed on them, they believed it not;… Read the whole commentary →