Job 8:16–17
Job 8:16–17 — English Standard Version (ESV)
16 He is a lush plant before the sun,
and his shoots spread over his garden.
17 His roots entwine the stone heap;
he looks upon a house of stones.
Job 8:16–17 — King James Version (KJV 1900)
16 He is green before the sun,
And his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped about the heap,
And seeth the place of stones.
Job 8:16–17 — New Living Translation (NLT)
16 The godless seem like a lush plant growing in the sunshine,
its branches spreading across the garden.
17 Its roots grow down through a pile of stones;
it takes hold on a bed of rocks.
Job 8:16–17 — The New King James Version (NKJV)
16 He grows green in the sun,
And his branches spread out in his garden.
17 His roots wrap around the rock heap,
And look for a place in the stones.
Job 8:16–17 — New Century Version (NCV)
16 They are like well-watered plants in the sunshine
that spread their roots all through the garden.
17 They wrap their roots around a pile of rocks
and look for a place among the stones.
Job 8:16–17 — American Standard Version (ASV)
16 He is green before the sun,
And his shoots go forth over his garden.
17 His roots are wrapped about the stone-heap,
He beholdeth the place of stones.
Job 8:16–17 — 1890 Darby Bible (DARBY)
16 He is full of sap before the sun, and his sprout shooteth forth over his garden; 17 His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.
Job 8:16–17 — GOD’S WORD Translation (GW)
16 He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine.
The shoots spread over his garden.
17 Its roots weave through a pile of stones.
They cling to a stone house.
Job 8:16–17 — The Holman Christian Standard Bible (HCSB)
16 He is a well-watered plant in the sunshine;
his shoots spread out over his garden.
17 His roots are intertwined around a pile of rocks.
He looks for a home among the stones.
Job 8:16–17 — The New Revised Standard Version (NRSV)
16 The wicked thrive before the sun,
and their shoots spread over the garden.
17 Their roots twine around the stoneheap;
they live among the rocks.
Job 8:16–17 — The Lexham English Bible (LEB)
16 He is thriving before the sun,
and his plant shoots spread over his garden.
17 His roots twine over a stone heap;
he sees a house of stone.
Job 8:16–17 — New International Reader’s Version (1998) (NIrV)
16 He is like a plant in the sunshine
that receives plenty of water.
It spreads its new growth all over the garden.
17 It wraps its roots around a pile of rocks.
It tries to find places to grow among the stones.
Job 8:16–17 — New American Standard Bible: 1995 Update (NASB95)
16 “He thrives before the sun,
And his shoots spread out over his garden.
17 “His roots wrap around a rock pile,
He grasps a house of stones.