Job 8:16
He seemeth to have moisture before the sun cometh, and at his rising his blossom shall shoot forth.
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- Vulgate (Clementine)
- Humectus videtur antequam veniat sol, et in ortu suo germen ejus egredietur.
- Septuagint (Swete)
- ὑγρὸς γάρ ἐστιν ὑπὸ ἡλίου, καὶ ἐκ σαπρίας αὐτοῦ ὁ ῥάδαμνος αὐτοῦ ἐξελεύσεται.
- Hebrew (WLC)
- רָטֹ֣ב ה֭וּא לִפְנֵי שָׁ֑מֶשׁ וְעַ֥ל גַּ֝נָּת֗וֹ יֹֽנַקְתּ֥וֹ תֵצֵֽא
Haydock's commentary
Seemeth. Hebrew, "he is green before the sun" beat upon him.
Rising, ortu, for horto, (Haydock) as the Hebrew, &c., have "garden," (Menochius) with some Latin editions. He had compared the wicked to a rush without moisture. But the just is like a plant in a fine garden, which is not hurt by the sun beams. It will grow even among stones, (Calmet) and may be transplanted without danger, ver. 19. (Haydock)
The whole may be, however, a continuation of the former simile. The rush will presently be scorched, as if it were thrown among stones, and its place will know it no longer, ver. 18. (Menochius)
From Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary, 1859, in the transcription made by Todd Easton and kept online by John Paul Wohlschied at johnblood.gitlab.io/haydock.