Text -- Job 14:9 (NET)

14:9 at the scent of water it will flourish and put forth shoots like a new plant.

Commentary -- Verse Notes / Footnotes

NET Notes: Job 14:9

¹ tn The personification adds to the comparison with people – the tree is credited with the sense of smell to detect the water.

² tn The sense of “flourish” for this verb is found in Ps 92:12,13[13,14], and Prov 14:11. It makes an appropriate parallel with “bring forth boughs” in the second half.

³ tn Heb “and will make.”