Job 8:17

In 11 translations

BSB

His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

KJV

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

WEB

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

ASV

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

LSV

His roots are wrapped by a heap, || He looks for a house of stones.

YLT

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

DBY

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

DRC

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

GNV

The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.

JPS

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

LXXE

He lies down upon a gathering of stones, and shall live in the midst of flints.

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WLC

עַל־גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃

LXX-Br

Ἐπὶ συναγωγὴν λίθων κοιμᾶται· ἐν δὲ μέσῳ χαλίκων ζήσεται.

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• 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…
• Jeremiah 12:1–2Righteous 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? You planted them, and they have…
• Mark 11:20As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
• 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.
• 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…

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