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


In Context

14 Whose confidence shall be cut off, and his reliance is a spider's web.

15 He shall lean upon his house, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure.

16 He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden;

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

18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.

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 American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

8:17His roots are wrapped about the'stone -heap, He beholdeth 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.