Job 14:9
Translations
King James Version (KJV)
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
American King James Version (AKJV)
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
American Standard Version (ASV)
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.
Basic English Translation (BBE)
Still, at the smell of water, it will make buds, and put out branches like a young plant.
Webster's Revision
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
World English Bible
yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
English Revised Version (ERV)
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.
Clarke's Job 14:9 Bible Commentary
Through the scent of water it will bud - A fine metaphor: the water acts upon the decaying and perishing tree, as strong and powerful odors from musk, otto of roses, ammonia, etc., act on a fainting or swooning person.
Barnes's Job 14:9 Bible Commentary
Yet through the scent of water - The word here rendered "scent" (ריח rêyach) means properly the odor or fragrance which anything exhales or emits; Sol 2:13; Sol 7:13; Genesis 27:27. The idea is very delicate and poetic. It is designed to denote a gentle and pleasant contact - not a rush of water - by which the tree is made to live. It inhales, so to speak, the vital influence from the water - as we are refreshed and revived by grateful odorifles when we are ready to faint.
It will bud - Or, rather, it will germinate, or spring up again - יפרח yapârach; see the notes at Isaiah 55:10.
And bring forth boughs - קציר qâtsı̂yr. This word usually means a harvest; Genesis 8:22; Genesis 30:14; Genesis 45:6. It also means, as here, a bough, or branch; compare Psalm 80:11; Job 18:16; Job 29:19.
Like a plant - Like a young plant - as fresh and vigorous as a plant that is set out.
Wesley's Job 14:9 Bible Commentary
14:9 Scent - By means of water. Scent or smell, is figuratively ascribed to a tree.