Parallel Verses
The Emphasized Bible
Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
New American Standard Bible
He
King James Version
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
Holman Bible
He looks for a home among the stones.
International Standard Version
Its roots weave around a pile of stones, seeking to entrench itself among the rocks.
A Conservative Version
His roots are wrapped around the [stone] heap. He beholds the place of stones.
American Standard Version
His roots are wrapped about the'stone -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.
Amplified
“His [godless] roots are wrapped around a pile of rocks,
And he gazes at a house of stones.
Bible in Basic English
His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.
Darby Translation
His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.
Julia Smith Translation
His roots were entwined upon a heap, he shall see a house of stones.
King James 2000
His roots are wrapped about the stone heap, and looks for a place in the stones.
Lexham Expanded Bible
His roots twine over a stone heap; he sees a house of stone.
Modern King James verseion
His roots are wrapped around the heap, and he sees the place of stones.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
and it taketh many roots: insomuch that it is like a house of stone.
NET Bible
It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.
New Heart English Bible
His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
Webster
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
World English Bible
His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
Youngs Literal Translation
By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.
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Word Count of 20 Translations in Job 8:17
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Bildad's First Response To Job
16 Full of moisture he is, before the sun, and, over his garden, his shoot goeth forth: 17 Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth; 18 If one destroy him out of his place, then will it disown him saying - I have not seen thee.
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Cross References
Job 18:16
Beneath, let his roots be dried up, and, above, be cut off his branch;
Job 29:19
My root, is laid open to the waters, and, the dew, shall lodge for the night in my boughs;
Isaiah 5:24
Therefore, 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.
Isaiah 40:24
Scarcely have they been planted, Scarcely have they been sown, Scarcely hath their stock, begun to take root in the earth, When he hath just blown upon them and they have withered, And, a whirlwind, as though they haft been chaff, carrieth them away.
Jeremiah 12:1-2
Righteous, 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?
Mark 11:20
And, passing by early, they saw the fig-tree, withered from its roots;
Jude 1:12
These 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,