TheWay BibleJob 8:17 KJV
Job · chapter 8 · verse 17
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.Job 8:17 · King James Version
Job 8:17 in context
15He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
16He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
18If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.
19Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- rootssheresha rootH8328 →
- aboutçâbakto entwineH5440 →
- seethchâzâhto gaze atH2372 →
- placebayitha houseH1004 →
- heapgalsomething rolledH1530 →
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Bildad here discourses very well on the sad catastrophe of hypocrites and evil-doers and the fatal period of all their hopes and joys. He will not be so bold as to say with Eliphaz that none that were righteous were ever cut off thus (Job 4:7);
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 8-19