Bible verse
He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
Job 8:16 · BSB
The verses around it, from Job 8.
12 While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
13 Such is the destiny of all who forget God; so the hope of the godless will perish.
14 His confidence is fragile; his security is in a spider’s web.
15 He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
16 He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
17 His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
19 Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
20 Behold, God does not reject the blameless, nor will He strengthen the hand of evildoers.
KJV
He [is] green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
ASV
He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.
ERV
He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
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