17His roots are wrapped about the'stone -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.


In Context

14 Whose confidence shall break in sunder, And whose trust is a spider's web.

15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure.

16 He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden.

17 His roots are wrapped about the'stone -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

18 If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him,'saying , I have not seen thee.

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.

Job 8:17 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones.

The New International Version of the Holy Bible

8:17it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

8:17His roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones, and among the stones he shall abide.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

8:17His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

8:17By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

8:17His roots are wrapped about the heap, and sees the place of stones.