Job 29:19
My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
In Context
18And I say, 'With my nest I expire, And as the sand I multiply days.'
20My honour [is] fresh with me, And my bow in my hand is renewed.
Cross References
Job 18:16From beneath his roots are dried up, And from above cut off is his crop.
Jeremiah 17:8And 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.
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 →