The Meaning of Job 8:17 Explained

Job 8:17

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

YLT: By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.

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

ASV: His roots are wrapped about the'stone -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.

Discover Job 8:17

CONTEXT: What is the Context of Job 8:17?

MEANING: What does Job 8:17 Mean?

WORDS: What do the individual words in Job 8:17 mean?

RELATIONS: What do the major concepts mean in Job 8:17?

What is the context of Job 8:17?

KJV Reverse Interlinear

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

What does Job 8:17 Mean?

Context Summary

Job 8:1-22 - God Will Not Cast Away

Bildad now takes up the argument, appealing to the experience of former generations to show that special suffering, like Job's, indicated special sin, however deeply concealed. He feels that God could not pervert judgment, and that the sudden destruction of Job's children proved that they had transgressed.

Job 8:11-13 are probably quoted from an old poem, embodying the sententious observation of some older generation, which compared the ungodly to the rapid growth and more rapid destruction of the papyrus plant. Job 8:14-15 compare the state of the ungodly to the slight fabric of the spider's web, fine-spun, flimsy, and insecure. Job 8:16-19 employ yet another comparison-that of the weeds, which grow to rank luxuriance, spreading over heaps of stones and even walls, which they are figuratively said to see in the distance and creep toward; the very earth is ashamed of them, as presently they lie withered on the path. But notice the assurances that God will uphold all those who return to Him. Be of good cheer; thou shalt yet praise Him! [source]

Chapter Summary: Job 8

¹ Bildad shows God's justice in dealing with men according to their works
⁸ He alleges antiquity to prove the certain destruction of the hypocrite
²⁰ He applies God's just dealing to Job

What do the individual words in Job 8:17 mean?

Around the rock heap His roots wrap a place in the stones [And] look for

עַל־ גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים יֶחֱזֶֽה

עַל־	Around
Parse: Preposition Root: עַל Sense: 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.
גַּ֭ל	the rock heap
Parse: Noun, masculine singular Root: גַּל Sense: heap, spring, wave, billow.
שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣יו	His roots
Parse: Noun, masculine plural construct, third person masculine singular Root: שֹׁרֶשׁ Sense: root.
יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ	wrap
Parse: Verb, Pual, Imperfect, third person masculine plural Root: סָבַךְ Sense: to interweave.
בֵּ֖ית	a place in
Parse: Noun, masculine singular construct Root: בַּיִת Sense: house.
אֲבָנִ֣ים	the stones
Parse: Noun, feminine plural Root: אֶבֶן Sense: stone (large or small).
יֶחֱזֶֽה	[And] look for
Parse: Verb, Qal, Imperfect, third person masculine singular Root: חָזָה Sense: to see, perceive, look, behold, prophesy, provide.

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