Job 8:17

Job 8:17 in 6 English translations. Each links through to the full chapter for context.

New International Version (NIV)

17it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks

and looks for a place among the stones.

17“His roots wrap around a rock pile,

He 8:17 Heb seesgrasps a house of stones.

17His roots wrap around a rock pile,

He grasps a house of stones.

17“His [godless] roots are wrapped around a pile of rocks,

And he gazes at a house of stones.

17His roots wrap around the rock heap;

he looks for a home among the stones.

17It wraps its roots around a pile of rocks.

It tries to find places to grow among the stones.