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Job 8:17
Job 8:17 is verse 17 of Job chapter 8, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
King James Version
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
World English Bible
His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
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Job 8:15–19 · Berean Standard Bible
15 He leans on his web, but it gives way; he holds fast, but it does not endure.
16 He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine, spreading its shoots over the garden.
17 His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
18 If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
19 Surely this is the joy of his way; yet others will spring from the dust.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
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 Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
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.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous 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?
Jeremiah 12:2You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.
Mark 11:20As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
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 uprooted.