Christian Standard Bible
Job 8:17
17His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks. He looks for a home among the 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 leans on his web, but it doesn’t stand firm. He grabs it, but it does not hold up. 16He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine; his shoots spread out over his garden. His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks. He looks for a home among the stones. 18If he is uprooted from his place, it will deny knowing him, saying, “I never saw you.” 19Surely this is the joy of his way of life; yet others will sprout from the dust.
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עַל־גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for Job 8:17
- Job 18:16His roots below dry up, and his branches above wither away.
- Job 29:19My roots will have access to water, and the dew will rest on my branches all night.
- Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will become like something rotten and their blossoms will blow away like dust, for they have rejected the instruction of the Lord of Armies, and they have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
- Isaiah 40:24They are barely planted, barely sown, their stem hardly takes root in the ground when he blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind carries them away like stubble.
- Jeremiah 12:1You will be righteous, Lord, even if I bring a case against you. Yet, I wish to contend with you: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous live at ease?
- Mark 11:20Early in the morning, as they were passing by, they saw the fig tree withered from the roots up.
- Jude 1:12These people are dangerous reefs at your love feasts as they eat with you without reverence. They are shepherds who only look after themselves. They are waterless clouds carried along by winds; trees in late autumn — fruitless, twice dead and uprooted.
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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