Job 8:16 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

Green he [is] before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.

English ASV

He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

English Amplified

He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine; his shoots spread out over his garden.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;

English EASY 2024

People who turn away from God are like weeds. When there is plenty of water and the sun shines on them, they grow all over the garden.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

Such people are like a vine that gets plenty of water and sunshine, and its branches spread throughout the garden.

He is a lush plant before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

Evil people sprout like weeds in the sun, like weeds that spread all through the garden.

English God's Word - GW 1995

He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine. The shoots spread over his garden.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

He is an amply watered plant in the sunshine; his shoots spread out over his garden.

English KJV 1611

He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

English LSB

He thrives before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

He is green before the sun, and his branch shoots forth in his garden.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

"He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

He is full of sap before sunrise, and beyond his garden his shoots go forth;

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

He is like a plant in the sunshine that receives plenty of water. It spreads its new growth all over the garden.

English NIV

He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden;

English NKJ 1982

He grows green in the sun, And his branches spread out in his garden.

English NLT

The godless seem so strong, like a lush plant growing in the sunshine, its branches spreading across the garden.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

The wicked thrive before the sun, and their shoots spread over the garden.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

He thrives before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

At dawn he seems so strong and virile, like a green plant; his branches spread across the garden.

English Tyndale 1537

Often time a thing doth flourish, and men think that it may abide the Son shining:(Sonneshyne) it shooteth forth the branches in his garden,

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