Parallel Verses
Modern King James verseion
His roots are wrapped around the heap, and he sees the place of stones.
New American Standard Bible
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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 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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Bildad's First Response To Job
16 He is moist before the sun, and his branches shoot forth in his garden. 17 His roots are wrapped around the heap, and he sees the place of stones. 18 If he is destroyed from his place, then it shall deny him: I have not seen you.
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Cross References
Job 18:16
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and his branch shall wither above.
Job 29:19
My root was open to the waters, and the dew lay all night on my branch.
Isaiah 5:24
So, as the fire devours the stubble, and the flame burns up the chaff; their root shall be like rottenness, and their blossoms shall go up like dust, because they have cast away the Law of Jehovah of Hosts, and despised the Word of the Holy One of Israel.
Isaiah 40:24
Yes, they shall not be planted; yes, they shall not be sown. Yes, their stump shall not take root in the earth. And He shall also blow on them, and they shall wither, and the tempest shall take them away like stubble.
Jeremiah 12:1-2
Righteous are You, O Jehovah, that I might contend with You; yet let me speak with You about Your judgments. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why are all those happy who deal treacherously?
Mark 11:20
And passing on early, they saw the fig-tree dried up from the roots.
Jude 1:12
These are sunken rocks in your love feasts, feasting together with you; feeding themselves without fear; waterless clouds being carried about by winds; fruitless autumn trees, having died twice, having been plucked up by the roots;