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 leans against his house but it does not stand, He holds fast to it, but it does not hold up. 16He is a well-watered plant in the sun, spreading his shoots over his garden; he entwines his roots around a heap of stones, and looks for a place between the rocks. 18If he is uprooted from his place, it denies him saying, ‘I never saw you.’ 19Such is his joyous course, and from the earth others spring up.

Job 8:17 word by word

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

Words taken from the KJV.

• His rootsשֹׁ֫רֶשׁsheresh · rootH8328
• are wrapped aboutסָבַךְsâbak · to interweaveH5440
• the heapגַּלgal · heapH1530
• seethחָזָהchâzâh · to seeH2372
• the placeבֵּיתbayith · betweenH1004
• of stonesאֶ֫בֶן'eben · stoneH68

Cross-references for Job 8:17

• Job 18:16Below his roots dry up, and above his branches wither.
• Job 29:19My roots reach the water, and dew lies on my branches all night.
• Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes straw, and as chaff collapses into the flame, so their root will be like rot, and their blossom will go up like dust. For they have rejected the Torah of Adonai–Tzva’ot, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
• Isaiah 40:24Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely their stem takes root in the earth, when He blows on them and they wither, and a storm carries them off as stubble.
• Jeremiah 12:1Righteous are You, Adonai, when I plead my case with You. Yet I speak with You about justice. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the treacherous thrive?
• Mark 11:20As they were passing by in the morning, they saw the fig tree shriveled from the roots.
• Jude 1:12These people are hidden rocky reefs at your love feasts—shamelessly feasting with you, tending only to themselves. They are waterless clouds, carried along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, doubly dead, 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

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