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Job 29:19

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

KJV

Radix mea aperta est secus aquas, et ros morabitur in messione mea.

Vulgate

ἡ ῥίζα διήνοικται ἐπὶ ὕδατος, καὶ δρόσος αὐλισθήσεται ἐν τῷ θερισμῷ μου·

LXX

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

ASV

שָׁרְשִׁ֣/י פָת֣וּחַ אֱלֵי מָ֑יִם וְ֝/טַ֗ל יָלִ֥ין בִּ/קְצִירִֽ/י

Hebrew

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In the original Hebrew

7 distinct Hebrew words appear in this verse.

אֶל
'l
preposition · 5475×
ו
v
noun · 32×
טַּ֖ל
tl
noun · 31×
יָלִ֣ין
ylyn
verb · 86×
יִּפְתַּ֖ח
yptch
verb · 144×
מַ֖יִם
mym
noun · 580×
קְצִיר
qtsyr
noun · 53×

Historic Christian voices

2 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

Cross-references

  • Hos 14:5 — I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
  • Hos 14:5 — I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon.
  • Jer 17:8 — For he shall be as a tree planted by the waters, and that spreadeth out her roots by the river, and shall not see when heat cometh, but her leaf shall be green; and shall not be careful in the year of
  • Job 18:16 — His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
  • Job 18:16 — His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
  • Job 38:28 — Hath the rain a father? or who hath begotten the drops of dew?
  • Ps 1:3 — And he shall be like a tree planted by the rivers of water, that bringeth forth his fruit in his season; his leaf also shall not wither; and whatsoever he doeth shall prosper.