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Job 8:17

15 He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.
KJV
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
WEB
His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
ASV
His roots are wrapped about the [stone] -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.
DARBY
His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.
BLB
over a rock-pile his roots are wrapped, he looks for a house of stones.
ÅB
om en steinrøys slynger seg hans røtter, mellom steiner trenger han seg fram.
OTB
Dens røtter tvinner seg rundt en steinhaug,
den søker et sted blant klippene.
B1930
om en stenrøs slynger sig hans røtter, mellem stener trenger han sig frem.

Study notes (Tyndale)

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Cross references

  • Job 18:16

    His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.

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  • Isaiah 5:24

    Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

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  • Mark 11:20

    And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.

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  • Job 29:19

    My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.

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  • Isaiah 40:24

    Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.

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  • Jeremiah 12:1–2

    Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?

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  • Jude 1:12

    These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;

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