Jeremiah 17:8
And hath been as a tree planted by waters, And by a rivulet he sendeth forth his roots, And he doth not see when heat cometh, And his leaf hath been green, And in a year of dearth he is not sorrowful, Nor doth he cease from making fruit.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
In Context
7Blessed [is] the man who trusteth in Jehovah, And whose confidence hath been Jehovah.
9Crooked [is] the heart above all things, And it [is] incurable — who doth know it?
Cross References
Job 8:16Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.
Psalms 92:10And Thou exaltest as a reem my horn, I have been anointed with fresh oil.
Jeremiah 14:1That which hath been the word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah concerning the matters of the dearths:
Ezekiel 47:12And by the stream there cometh up on its edge, on this side and on that side, every [kind of] fruit-tree whose leaf fadeth not, and not consumed is its fruit, according to its months it yieldeth first-fruits, because its waters from the sanctuary are coming forth; and its fruits hath been for food, and its leaf for medicine.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 17:6-12
True and False Confidence; Deceitfulness of the Heart; Unlawful Gains. ( b. c. 605.) 5 Thus saith the Lord ; Cursed be the man that trusteth in man, and maketh flesh his arm, and whose heart departeth from the Lord . 6 For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited. 7 Blessed is the man that trusteth in the Lord , and whose hope the Lord is. 8 For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters,… Read the whole commentary →