Job 14:9

14:9 at the scent ¹  of water it will flourish ² 

and put forth ³  shoots like a new plant.

[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.

[14:9]  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.

[14:9]  ³ tn Heb “and will make.”