job 8:16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

job 8:16 "He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.

16. 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.

job 8:16 "He thrives before the sun, And his shoots spread out over his garden.

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