Job 8:17
What does Job 8:17 mean?
A plain-English look at Job 8:17 in WEB alongside six other public-domain English translations, with cross-references and chapter context.
Parallel translations
WEB
World English Bible · 2000His roots are wrapped about the stone-heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.
KJV
King James Version · 1611His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
ASV
American Standard Version · 1901His roots are wrapped about the stone-heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.
BBE
Bible in Basic English · 1949His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.
YLT
Young's Literal Translation · 1862By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.
DRA
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · 1752His roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones; and among the stones he shall abide.
DBY
Darby Bible · 1890His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.
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Cross references
Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.
- Mark 11:20
And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
- Job 29:19
My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch:
- Jude 1:12
These are they who are hidden rocks in your love-feasts when they feast with you, shepherds that without fear feed themselves; clouds without water, carried along by winds; autumn trees without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
- Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee; yet would I reason the cause with thee: wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
- Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
- Isaiah 5:24
Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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