Job 29:19

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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.

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In other 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.

Hebrew words

שָׁרְשִׁיshareshiroot myH8328פָתוּחַfatuach[is] openedH6605אֱלֵי־'elei-toH413מָיִםmayimwaterH4325וְטַלvetaland dewH2919יָלִיןyalinit will remain overnightH3885בִּקְצִירִי׃biktzirion branch[es] myH7105

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Related verses

Jeremiah 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 drought, neither shall cease from yielding fruit.He 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.
Psalm 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.He is like a tree planted by streams of water, yielding its fruit in season, whose leaf does not wither, and who prospers in all he does.
Hosea 14:5-7
⁵ I will be as the dew unto Israel: he shall grow as the lily, and cast forth his roots as Lebanon. ⁶ His branches shall spread, and his beauty shall be as the olive tree, and his smell as Lebanon. ⁷ They that dwell under his shadow shall return; they shall revive as the corn, and grow as the vine: the scent thereof shall be as the wine of Lebanon.⁵ I will be like the dew to Israel; he will blossom like the lily and take root like the cedars of Lebanon. ⁶ His shoots will sprout, and his splendor will be like the olive tree, his fragrance like the cedars of Lebanon. ⁷ They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

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