Job 8:17
His roots are entwined about the heap, And he seeth the place of stones;
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
In Context
16He is in full green before the sun, And his branches shoot forth over his garden;
18When he shall be destroyed from his place, It shall deny him, saying, 'I never saw thee.'
Cross References
Job 18:16His roots below shall be dried up, And his branches above shall be withered.
Isaiah 5:24Therefore, as fire devours stubble, And as the withered grass sinks into the flame, So their root shall become rottenness, And their blossom shall fly up like dust. For they have despised the law of Jehovah of hosts, And contemned the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I contend with thee, Yet will I enter into controversy with thee. Why doth the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all the men of treachery at ease?
Jude 1:12These are the rocks in your feasts of love, feasting together without fear, feeding only themselves; clouds without water, carried away by winds; trees in late autumn, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;
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 →