Job 29:19
“My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
My root was spread out by the waters,.... According to our version and others, Job here, and in the following verses,…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
My root was spread out by the waters - Margin, as the Hebrew, “opened.” The meaning is, that it was spread abroad or…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Job 29:18-25
That which crowned Job's prosperity was the pleasing prospect he had of the continuance of it. Though he knew, in…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921Job 29:19-20
These verses continue the description of Job's outlook into the future in those happy days. They read better thus,
19.…