Job 8:17
His roots are wrapped by a heap, || He looks for a house of stones.
Literal Standard Version
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 over his garden his branch goes out.
18If [one] destroys him from his place, || Then it has feigned concerning him, || I have not seen you!
Cross References
Job 18:16From beneath his roots are dried up, || And from above his crop is cut off.
Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as a tongue of fire devours stubble, || And flaming hay falls, || Their root is as muck, || And their flower goes up as dust. Because they have rejected the Law of YHWH of Hosts, || And despised the saying of the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 12:1You [are] righteous, O YHWH, || When I plead toward You, || Only, let me speak judgments with You, || Why did the way of the wicked prosper? All treacherous dealers have been at rest.
Jude 1:12These are stains at your love-feasts, feasting together with you without fear, shepherding themselves; waterless clouds, being carried away by winds; autumnal trees without fruit, having died twice, having been uprooted;
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 →