Job 14:9

“[Yet] through the scent of water it will bud, etc.] As soon as it smells it, or perceives it, is sensible of it, or partakes of its efficacy; denoting both how speedily, and how easily, at once as it were, it buds forth through the virtue either of rain water that descends upon it, or river water by which it is planted, or by any means conveyed unto it; particularly this is true of the willow, which delights in watery places; and, when it is in the circumstances before described, will by the benefit of water bud out again, even when its stock has been seemingly dead: and bring forth boughs like a plant; as if it was a new plant, or just planted; so the Vulgate Latin version, as “when it was…”

“scent--exhalation, which, rather than the humidity of water, causes the tree to germinate. In the antithesis to man the tree is personified, and volition is poetically ascribed to it. like a plant--"as if newly planted" [UMBREIT]; not as if trees and plants were a different species.”

“Yet through the scent of water - The word here rendered “scent” (ריח rêyach) means properly the odor or fragrance which anything exhales or emits; Song of Solomon 2:13; Song of Solomon 7:13; Genesis 27:27. The idea is very delicate and poetic. It is designed to denote a gentle and pleasant contact - not a rush of water - by which the tree is made to live. It inhales, so to speak, the vital influence from the water - as we are refreshed and revived by grateful odorifles when we are ready to faint. It will bud - Or, rather, it will germinate, or spring up again - יפרח yapârach; see the notes at Isaiah 55:10. And bring forth boughs - קציר qâtsı̂yr. This word usually means a harvest; Genesis…”

“Scent - By means of water. Scent or smell, is figuratively ascribed to a tree. Job 14:10”

“and bring: Eze 17:3-10, Eze 17:22-24, Eze 19:10; Rom 11:17-24 Job 14:10”