Job 8:17
Strong's Lexicon
His roots
שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו (šā·rā·šāw)
Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 8328: 1) root 1a) root (literal) 1b) root (of people involving firmness or permanence) (fig) 1c) root, bottom (as lowest stratum) (fig)

wrap
יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ (yə·sub·bā·ḵū)
Verb - Pual - Imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's Hebrew 5440: 1) to interweave 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to interweave 1a2) interwoven (participle) 1b) (Pual) to be interwoven

around
עַל־ (‘al-)
Preposition
Strong's Hebrew 5921: prep 1) upon, on the ground of, according to, on account of, on behalf of, concerning, beside, in addition to, together with, beyond, above, over, by, on to, towards, to, against 1a) upon, on the ground of, on the basis of, on account of, because of, therefore, on behalf of, for the sake of, for, with, in spite of, notwithstanding, concerning, in the matter of, as regards 1b) above, beyond, over (of excess) 1c) above, over (of elevation or pre-eminence) 1d) upon, to, over to, unto, in addition to, together with, with (of addition) 1e) over (of suspension or extension) 1f) by, adjoining, next, at, over, around (of contiguity or proximity) 1g) down upon, upon, on, from, up upon, up to, towards, over towards, to, against (with verbs of motion) 1h) to (as a dative) conj 2) because that, because, notwithstanding, although

the rock heap;
גַּ֭ל (gal)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1530: 1) heap, spring, wave, billow 1a) heap (of stones) 1a1) over dead body 1a2) alone 1a3) used in ratifying a covenant 1b) waves (fig. of chastisement of Jehovah) 1c) spring

he looks for
יֶחֱזֶֽה׃ (ye·ḥĕ·zeh)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2372: 1) to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to see, behold 1a2) to see as a seer in the ecstatic state 1a3) to see, perceive 1a3a) with the intelligence 1a3b) to see (by experience) 1a3c) to provide

a home among
בֵּ֖ית (bêṯ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 1004: nm 1) house 1a) house, dwelling habitation 1b) shelter or abode of animals 1c) human bodies (fig.) 1d) of Sheol 1e) of abode of light and darkness 1f) of land of Ephraim 2) place 3) receptacle 4) home, house as containing a family 5) household, family 5a) those belonging to the same household 5b) family of descendants, descendants as organized body 6) household affairs 7) inwards (metaph.) 8) (TWOT) temple adv 9) on the inside prep 10) within

the stones.
אֲבָנִ֣ים (’ă·ḇā·nîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 68: 1) stone (large or small) 1a) common stone (in natural state) 1b) stone, as material 1b1) of tablets 1b2) marble, hewn stones 1c) precious stones, stones of fire 1d) stones containing metal (ore), tool for work or weapon 1e) weight 1f) plummet (stones of destruction) also made of metal 1g) stonelike objects, eg hailstones, stony heart, ice 1h) sacred object, as memorial Samuel set up to mark where God helped Israel to defeat the Philistines 1i) (simile) 1i1) sinking in water, motionlessness 1i2) strength, firmness, solidity 1i3) commonness 1j) (metaph) 1j1) petrified with terror 1j2) perverse, hard heart

Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

Young's Literal Translation
By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
His roots are intertwined around  a pile of rocks. He looks for a home among  the stones.

New American Standard Bible
"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.

King James Bible
His roots are wrapped about the heap, [and] seeth the place of stones.
Parallel Verses
New International Version
it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks and looks for a place among the stones.

New Living Translation
Its roots grow down through a pile of stones; it takes hold on a bed of rocks.

English Standard Version
His roots entwine the stone heap; he looks upon a house of stones.

New American Standard Bible
"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.

King James Bible
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks. 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.

NET Bible
It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.

American Standard Version
His roots are wrapped about the'stone -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

English Revised Version
His roots are wrapped about the heap, he beholdeth the place of stones.

Young's Literal Translation
By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.
















Cross References
Job 8:16
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.

Job 8:18
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

Job 1:1
There was a man in the land of Uz, whose name was Job; and that man was perfect and upright, and one that feared God, and eschewed evil.

Job 8:15
He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.

Job 8:14
Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider's web.

Job 8:19
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

Job 8:20
Behold, God will not cast away a perfect man, neither will he help the evil doers:
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