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Job 8:17

17  His roots entwine the stone heap;

he looks upon a house of stones.

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Job 8:17 — The New International Version (NIV)

17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks

and looks for a place among the stones.

Job 8:17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)

17 His roots are wrapped about the heap,

And seeth the place of stones.

Job 8:17 — New Living Translation (NLT)

17 Its roots grow down through a pile of stones;

it takes hold on a bed of rocks.

Job 8:17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)

17 His roots wrap around the rock heap,

And look for a place in the stones.

Job 8:17 — New Century Version (NCV)

17 They wrap their roots around a pile of rocks

and look for a place among the stones.

Job 8:17 — American Standard Version (ASV)

17 His roots are wrapped about the stone-heap,

He beholdeth the place of stones.

Job 8:17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)

17 His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.

Job 8:17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)

17 Its roots weave through a pile of stones. 

They cling to a stone house. 

Job 8:17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)

17 His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks.

He looks for a home among the stones.

Job 8:17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)

17 Their roots twine around the stoneheap;

they live among the rocks.

Job 8:17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)

17 His roots twine over a stone heap;

he sees a house of stone.

Job 8:17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)

17 It wraps its roots around a pile of rocks.

It tries to find places to grow among the stones.

Job 8:17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)

17 “His roots wrap around a rock pile,

He grasps a house of stones.


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