Job 8:17
Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
In Context
16Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth:
18If one destroy him out of his place, then will it disown him [saying] —I have not seen thee.
Cross References
Job 18:16Beneath, let his roots be dried up, and, above, be cut off his branch;
Isaiah 5:24Therefore, As a tongue of fire, eateth up straw, And a flame reduceth, dry grass, to powder, Their root, like rottenness, shall become, And their blossom, like dust shall ascend,—Because they refused the law of Yahweh of hosts, And the utterance of the Holy One of Israel, they despised.
Jeremiah 12:1Righteous, art thou O Yahweh, when I present my pleading unto thee,—Yet, concerning the things that are right, let me speak with thee,—Wherefore hath, the way of the lawless, prospered? [Wherefore] have all, utter traitors, been at ease?
Jude 1:12These are they—who, in your love-feasts, are hidden rocks, as they fare sumptuously together, fearlessly, themselves, shepherding,—clouds without water, by winds swept along, trees autumnal, fruitless, twice dead, 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 →