Job 8:16
Douay-Rheims
He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
before the sun--that is, he (the godless) is green only before the sun rises; but he cannot bear its heat, and withers. So succulent plants like the gourd (Jon 4:7-8). But the widespreading in the garden does not quite accord with this. Better, "in sunshine"; the sun representing the smiling fortune of the hypocrite, during which he wondrously progresses [UMBREIT]. The image is that of weeds growing in rank luxuriance and spreading over even heaps of stones and walls, and then being speedily torn away.
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1871 · Job 8:16
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