Job 8:17

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, and it shall not stand; he shall lay hold on it, but it shall not endure. 16He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden; His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones. 18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee! 19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the dust shall others grow.

Job 8:17 word by word

עַל־גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים יֶחֱזֶֽה׃Read the interlinear

• rootsשֹׁ֫רֶשׁsheresh · rootH8328
• stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68

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 shall be spread out to the waters, and the dew will lie all night on my branch;
• Isaiah 5:24Therefore as a tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and dry grass sinketh down in the flame, their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; for they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 40:24Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely hath their stock taken root in the earth, but he also bloweth upon them and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble.
• Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, Jehovah, when I plead with thee; yet will I speak with thee of [thy] judgments. Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? [wherefore] are all they at ease that deal very treacherously?
• Mark 11:20And passing by early in the morning they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.
• Jude 1:12These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together [with you] without fear, pasturing themselves; clouds without water, carried along by [the] winds; autumnal trees, without fruit, twice dead, rooted up;

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

Topics related to Job 8:17

• Wicked (People)

In the dictionaries

• Endure
• Former
• Hope
• Hypocrite
• Yesterday
• Bildad
• Heap
• Job, Book of

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