Job 8:17
“His roots are wrapped about the heape, and seeth the place of stones.”
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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.
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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)