Job 8:17
His roots are twisted about a stoneheap, he selecteth [for himself] a place of stones.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
In Context
16He is in full vigor before the sun, and over his garden his shoots go forth.
18But when men destroy him from his place, then will it deny him, saying, I have never seen thee.
Cross References
Job 18:16Beneath, his roots will be dried up, and above will his boughs he cut away.
Isaiah 5:24Therefore as the tongue of the fire devoureth the stubble, and dry hay sinketh before the flame: so shall their root be as rotten things, and their blossom shall fly up as the dust; because they have despised the law of the Lord of hosts, and the word of the Holy One of Israel they have rejected.
Jeremiah 12:1[Too] righteous art thou, O Lord, that I could plead with thee; yet must I speak of [the principles of] justice with thee: Wherefore is the way of the wicked happy? do all those prosper that deal 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 →