King James Version

Job 14:9

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and bring forth boughs like a plant.

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מֵרֵ֣יחַmereychafrom savourרֵיחַpreposition, noun, common, masculine, singular, construct — “from savour”, the of-form, joined to the next wordH7381odor (as if blown)savour, scent, smell.מַ֣יִםmayimwaterמַיִםnoun, common, masculine, plural, absolute — “water”, the ordinary formH4325water; figuratively, juice; by euphemism, urine, semen[phrase] piss, wasting, water(-ing, (-course, -flood, -spring)).יַפְרִ֑חַyafrichaflourishפָּרַחverb, hiphil, imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “flourish”, an unfinished actionH6524to break forth as a bud, i.e. bloom; generally, to spread; specifically, to fly (as extending the wings); figuratively, to flourish[idiom] abroad, [idiom] abundantly, blossom, break forth (out), bud, flourish, make fly, grow, spread, spring (up).וְעָשָׂ֖הveasahand doעָשָׂהconjunction, verb, qal, sequential perfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular — “and do”, a completed action in a sequenceH6213to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest applicationaccomplish, advance, appoint, apt, be at, become, bear, bestow, bring forth, bruise, be busy, [idiom] certainly, have the charge of, commit, deal (with), deck, [phrase] displease, do, (ready) dress(-ed), (put in) execute(-ion), exercise, f…קָצִ֣ירqatsirharvestקָצִירnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “harvest”, the ordinary formH7105severed, i.e. harvest (as reaped), the crop, the time, the reaper, or figuratively; also a limb (of a tree, or simply foliage)bough, branch, harvest (man).כְּמוֹkemvothusכְּמוֹpreposition — “thus”H3644a form of the prefix 'k-', but used separately as, thus, soaccording to, (such) as (it were, well as), in comparison of, like (as, to, unto), thus, when, worth.נָֽטַעnataplantנֶטַעnoun, common, masculine, singular, absolute — “plant”, the ordinary formH5194a plant; collectively, a plantation; abstractly, a plantingplant.

Jewish translation (JPS 1917)

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.

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American Standard Version (1901)

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, And put forth boughs like a plant.

Young’s Literal Translation

From the fragrance of water it doth flourish, And hath made a crop as a plant.

World English Bible

yet through the scent of water it will bud, and sprout boughs like a plant.

Darby Translation

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a young plant.

Douay-Rheims

At the scent of water, it shall spring, and bring forth leaves, as when it was first planted.

Jewish Publication Society (1917)

Yet through the scent of water it will bud, and put forth boughs like a plant.

Brenton’s Septuagint (1851), English

it will blossom from the scent of water, and will produce a crop, as one newly planted.

Septuagint (Brenton’s Greek, 1851)

τὸ στέλεχος αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ ὀσμῆς ὕδατος ἀνθήσει, ποιήσει δὲ θερισμὸν, ὥσπερ νεόφυτον.