King James Version
Job 14:9 in the King James Version says “Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.” — study this verse from Job chapter 14 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.”
Job 14:9 · KJV
For there is hope of a tree, if it be cut down, that it will sprout again, and that the tender branch thereof will not cease.
Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;
Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.
But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he? wasteth: Heb. is weakened, or, cut off
As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decayeth and drieth up:
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“it will bud”
H6524to break forth as a bud, i.e., bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish
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