Job 8:17
His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
JPS TaNaKH 1917
In The King James Version
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
In Context
16He is green before the sun, and his shoots go forth over his garden.
18If he be destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: 'I have not seen thee.'
Cross References
Job 18:16His roots shall dry up beneath, and above shall his branch wither.
Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the chaff is consumed in the flame, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust; because they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and contemned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 12:1Right wouldest Thou be, O LORD, were I to contend with Thee, yet will I reason with Thee: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? Wherefore are all they secure that deal very treacherously?
Matthew Henry on Job 8:9-20
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:) 10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart? 11 Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water? 12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb. 13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite's hope shall perish:… Read the whole commentary →