Job 8:18
16 He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
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.
20 Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
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.
Compare
- BSB
- If he is uprooted from his place, it will disown him, saying, ‘I never saw you.’
- KJV
- If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
- WEB
- If he is destroyed from his place, then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have not seen you.’
- ASV
- If he be destroyed from his place, Then it shall deny him, [saying], I have not seen thee.
- DARBY
- If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen thee!
- BLB
- If one destroys him from his place, then it will disown him: ‘I have not seen you.’
- ÅB
- Ryddes han bort fra sitt sted, så kjennes det ikke ved ham, men sier: Jeg har aldri sett deg.
- OTB
- Men hvis den rykkes opp fra sitt sted,
vil det stedet nekte det og si: ‘Jeg har aldri sett deg.’ - B1930
- Ryddes han bort fra sitt sted, så kjennes det ikke ved ham, men sier: Jeg har aldri sett dig.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Job 7:10
He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more.
Read in contextJob 7:8
The eye of him that hath seen me shall see me no more: thine eyes are upon me, and I am not.
Read in contextPsalms 37:36
Yet he passed away, and, lo, he was not: yea, I sought him, but he could not be found.
Read in contextPsalms 92:7
When the wicked spring as the grass, and when all the workers of iniquity do flourish; it is that they shall be destroyed for ever:
Read in contextJob 20:9
The eye also which saw him shall see him no more; neither shall his place any more behold him.
Read in contextPsalms 73:18–19
Surely thou didst set them in slippery places: thou castedst them down into destruction.
Read in contextPsalms 37:10
For yet a little while, and the wicked shall not be: yea, thou shalt diligently consider his place, and it shall not be.
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