American Standard Version
Job 8:17
17His roots are wrapped about the stone-heap,He beholdeth the place of stones.
Job 8:17 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
- New International Version (NIV)it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.
- English Standard Version (ESV)His roots entwine the stone heap; he looks upon a house of stones.
- New King James Version (NKJV)His roots wrap around the rock heap, And look for a place in the stones.
Context of Job 8:17
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: He shall hold fast thereby, but it shall not endure. 16He is green before the sun, And his shoots go forth over his garden. His roots are wrapped about the stone-heap, He beholdeth the place of stones. 18If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee. 19Behold, this is the joy of his way; And out of the earth shall others spring.
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עַל־גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
Cross-references for Job 8:17
- Job 18:16His roots shall be dried up beneath, And above shall his branch be cut off.
- Job 29:19My root is spread out to the waters, And the dew lieth all night upon my branch:
- Isaiah 5:24Therefore 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.
- Isaiah 40:24Yea, they have not been planted; yea, they have not been sown; yea, their stock hath not taken root in the earth: moreover he bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous 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?
- Mark 11:20And as they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away from the roots.
- Jude 1:12These 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;
Commentaries on Job 8:17
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 17His roots are wrapped about the heap - There has been great diversity of opinion in the interpretation of this passage. Jerome renders it, “over the heap of stones his roots are condensed.” Walton, “super fontem - over a fountain.” The Septuagint, “he lies down (or sleeps, ͂ koimatai ) on a heap of stones; and he lives in the midst of flint-stones.” According to some, the word rendered heap גל gal means a fountain; according to others, it means a heap or…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 8-19Verses 8-19 Bildad discourses well of hypocrites and evil-doers, and the fatal end of all their hopes and joys. He proves this truth of the destruction of the hopes and joys of hypocrites, by an appeal to former times. Bildad refers to the testimony of the ancients. Those teach best that utter words out of their heart, that speak from an experience of spiritual and divine things. A rush growing in fenny ground, looking very green, but withering in dry…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 16-17In this symbolic story, a plant spreads its shoots over the garden. The roots wrap around the rock heap, giving the plant stability.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1717. seeth the place of stones--Hebrew, "the house of stones"; that is, the wall surrounding the garden. The parasite plant, in creeping towards and over the wall--the utmost bound of the garden--is said figuratively to "see" or regard it.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Job 8
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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