Job 8:17

Modern

His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

Traditional

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

Literal

…over a rock-pile his roots are wrapped, he looks for a house of stones.

Latin

Super acervum petrarum radices ejus densabuntur, et inter lapides commorabitur.

Hebrew

English

His roots wrap around the rock heap; he looks for a home among the stones.

In this symbolic story, a plant spreads its shoots over the garden. The roots wrap around the rock heap, giving the plant stability.

Isaiah 40:24
No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.
Mark 11:20
As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.
Isaiah 5:24
Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 12:1–2
Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease?
Jude 1:12
These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.
Job 29:19
My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.
Job 18:16
The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.