Job 8:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for Job 8:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
Job 8:16 is a verse from the book of Job in the Old Testament. The KJV reads: "He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden." Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
Job 8:16 — KJV
“He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.”
— Job 8:16 (KJV)
Job 8:16 in Context — About the Book of Job
Job is the Bible's deepest wrestle with undeserved suffering. A blameless man loses everything, sits in ashes, and refuses easy answers — from his friends or himself. God answers from the whirlwind not with explanations but with Himself, and Job's fortunes are restored double.
Cross-References for Job 8:16
“For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.”
Shares key themes with Job 8:16: before, forth, garden
“Hear now, O Joshua the high priest, thou, and thy fellows that sit before thee: for they are men wondered at: for, behold, I will bring forth my servant the BRANCH. wondered...: Heb. of wonder, or, sign”
Shares key themes with Job 8:16: before, branch, forth
“It shall be accomplished before his time, and his branch shall not be green. accomplished: or, cut off”
Shares key themes with Job 8:16: green, before, branch
“Therefore the LORD God sent him forth from the garden of Eden, to till the ground from whence he was taken.”
Shares key themes with Job 8:16: forth, garden
“And Lot lifted up his eyes, and beheld all the plain of Jordan, that it was well watered every where, before the LORD destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah, even as the garden of the LORD, like the land of Egypt, as thou comest unto Zoar.”
Shares key themes with Job 8:16: before, garden
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