Job 8:17
King James Version (KJV)
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
American Standard Version (ASV)
His roots are wrapped about the [stone] -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.
World English Bible (WEB)
His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.
Job 8:17 Cross References
His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.
My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.
Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.
Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.