Parallel Verses
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.
The Emphasized Bible
Over a heap, his roots are entwined, a place of stones, he descrieth;
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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Context Readings
Bildad's First Response To Job
16
He is a lush plant before the sun, and his shoots spread over his garden.
17
He
Names
Cross References
Job 18:16
His roots dry up beneath, and his branches wither above.
Job 29:19
my roots spread out to the waters, with the dew all night on my branches,
Isaiah 5:24
Therefore, as the tongue of fire devours the stubble, and as dry grass sinks down in the flame, so their root will be as rottenness, and their blossom go up like dust; for they have rejected the law of the LORD of hosts, and have despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 40:24
Scarcely are they planted, scarcely sown, scarcely has their stem taken root in the earth, when he blows on them, and they wither, and the tempest carries them off like stubble.
Jeremiah 12:1-2
Righteous are you, O LORD, when I complain to you; yet I would plead my case before you. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
Mark 11:20
As they passed by in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered away to its roots.
Jude 1:12
These are hidden reefsat your love feasts, as they feast with you without fear, shepherds feeding themselves; waterless clouds, swept along by winds; fruitless trees in late autumn, twice dead, uprooted;