Job 14:9

9 yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.

Job 14:9 in Other Translations

KJV
9 Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
ESV
9 yet at the scent of water it will bud and put out branches like a young plant.
NLT
9 at the scent of water it will bud and sprout again like a new seedling.
MSG
9 At the first whiff of water it comes to life, buds and grows like a sapling.
CSB
9 the smell of water makes it thrive and produce twigs like a sapling.

Job 14:9 In-Context

7 “At least there is hope for a tree: If it is cut down, it will sprout again, and its new shoots will not fail.
8 Its roots may grow old in the ground and its stump die in the soil,
9 yet at the scent of water it will bud and put forth shoots like a plant.
10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and is no more.
11 As the water of a lake dries up or a riverbed becomes parched and dry,

Cross References 2

  • 1. Job 29:19; Psalms 1:3; Jeremiah 17:8; Ezekiel 31:7
  • 2. Leviticus 26:4; Ezekiel 34:27; Zechariah 10:1
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