Job 8:17
“His roots are wrapped about the heape, and seeth the place of stones.”
1611 King James Version (KJV)
Viewing the original 1611 KJV with archaic English spelling.
Click to switch to the Standard KJV.
Job 8:17 Context
15He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shal hold it fast, but it shall not endure. 16He is greene before the sunne, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden. 17His roots are wrapped about the heape, and seeth the place of stones. 18If he destroy him from his place, then it shal denie him, saying, I haue not seene thee. 19Beholde, this is the ioy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
Share This Verse:
Other Translations for Job 8:17
His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones.
- King James Version
"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.
- New American Standard Version (1995)
His roots are wrapped about the `stone' -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.
- American Standard Version (1901)
His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.
- Basic English Bible
His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.
- Darby Bible
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
- Webster's Bible
His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
- World English Bible
By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.
- Youngs Literal Bible
His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.
- Jewish Publication Society Bible
Wesley's Notes for Job 8:17
8:17 Heap - Of stones. This circumstance is added, to signify its firmness and strength, that it was not in loose and sandy ground, which a violent wind might overthrow, but in solid ground, within which were many stones, which its numerous and spreading roots embrace, folding and interweaving themselves about them. Seeth - The tree reacheth thither, takes the advantage of that place for the strengthening of itself.