VERSE STUDY • KJV

Job 29:19

My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

Read it in 5 translations

My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

My root is spread out to the waters. The dew lies all night on my branch.

My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch;

My root is open unto the waters, And dew doth lodge on my branch.

16 I [was] a father to the poor: and the cause [which] I knew not I searched out.

17 And I brake the jaws of the wicked, and plucked the spoil out of his teeth.

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.

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HISTORICAL INTERPRETATION

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