My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
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Gill's Exposition
My root was spread out by the waters,.... According to our version and others, Job here, and in the following verses, gives the reasons of his hope and confidence of his long life, and quiet and…
Barnes' Notes
My root was spread out by the waters - Margin, as the Hebrew, “opened.” The meaning is, that it was spread abroad or extended far, so that the moisture of the earth had free access to it; or it was…
That which crowned Job's prosperity was the pleasing prospect he had of the continuance of it. Though he knew, in general, that he was liable to trouble, and therefore was not secure (Job 3:26, I was…
These verses continue the description of Job's outlook into the future in those happy days. They read better thus,
19. My root shall be spread out to the waters,
And the dew shall lie all night upon…