Job 8:17
BSB · Public Domain (CC0)“His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.”
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BSBPD
“His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.”
Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)KJVPD
“His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.”
King James Version · Public DomainASVPD
“His roots are wrapped about the stone-heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.”
American Standard Version · Public DomainYLTPD
“By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.”
Young's Literal Translation · Public DomainCross references
Other passages that echo Job 8:17 — 7 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Job 18:16The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.
- Job 29:19My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
- Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 40:24No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
- Mark 11:20As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
- Jude 1:12These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
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