Translations
F.O.G.MPrimary
F.O.G Message"He thrives like a well-watered plant in full sunlight, spreading his shoots throughout his garden."
F.O.GSecondary
The F.O.G"He is lush and green before the sun; his tendrils spread throughout his garden."
KJV
King James VersionHe is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
BSB
Berean Standard BibleHe is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
Footnotes
Bildad pivots to a second nature image — now a flourishing vine or creeper (possibly a gourd, fitting the later Jonah 4 imagery). *Ratov* (רָטֹב) means "moist" or "juicy" — saturated with life. The picture is of maximum apparent prosperity: sun-drenched, garden-spreading vitality. But the reader already suspects where this is heading. The lushness is exactly the condition of the papyrus before it collapses (v. 12). FOG's "lush and green" echoes the botanical freshness; FOG Message uses "well-watered" to make the irony of the coming reversal more pointed.