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


In Context

14 Whose confidence is loathsome, And the house of a spider his trust.

15 He leaneth on his house — and it standeth not: He taketh hold on it — and it abideth not.

16 Green he is before the sun, And over his garden his branch goeth out.

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

18 If one doth destroy him from his place, Then it hath feigned concerning him, I have not seen thee!

19 Lo, this is the joy of his way, And from the dust others spring up.'

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 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 American King James Version of the Holy Bible

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