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Job 29:19

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

My root [was] spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

Job 29:19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on Job 29:19

Theological / Devotional

My root. Job compares himself in his former prosperous state to a tree growing by the side of a river, nourished by the water that reaches its roots, and the dew on its leaves and branches (see Gen. 27:39; Ps. 1:3; 133:3; Jer. 17:8).

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