Verse 17
Job 8:17
Geneva Bible
17
The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
Original Language Text
hebrew
עַל גַּ֭ל שָֽׁרָשָׁ֣י/ו יְסֻבָּ֑כוּ בֵּ֖ית אֲבָנִ֣ים יֶחֱזֶֽה
English Translation
On the slope of my roots, they will be surrounded by a house of stones.
AI translation from hebrew via gpt-4o-mini
Done.
Sign in to save notes and annotations.
Chapter 8 Context
1
Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and saide,
Focus ↗
2
Howe long wilt thou talke of these things? and howe long shall the wordes of thy mouth be as a might...
Focus ↗
3
Doeth God (Elohim) peruert iudgement? or doeth the Almightie subuert iustice?
Focus ↗
4
If thy sonnes haue sinned against him, and he hath sent them into the place of their iniquitie,
Focus ↗
5
Yet if thou wilt early seeke vnto God (Elohim), and pray to the Almightie,
Focus ↗
6
If thou be pure and vpright, then surely hee will awake vp vnto thee, and he wil make the habitation...
Focus ↗
7
And though thy beginning be small, yet thy latter ende shall greatly encrease.
Focus ↗
8
Inquire therefore, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thy selfe to search of their fathers.
Focus ↗
9
(For we are but of yesterday, and are ignorant: for our dayes vpon earth are but a shadowe)
Focus ↗
10
Shall not they teach thee and tell thee, and vtter the wordes of their heart?
Focus ↗
11
Can a rush grow without myre? or can ye grasse growe without water?
Focus ↗
12
Though it were in greene and not cutte downe, yet shall it wither before any other herbe.
Focus ↗
13
So are the paths of al that forget God (Elohim), and the hypocrites hope shall perish.
Focus ↗
14
His confidence also shalbe cut off, and his trust shalbe as the house of a spyder.
Focus ↗
15
He shall leane vpon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it n...
Focus ↗
16
The tree is greene before the sunne, and the branches spread ouer the garden thereof.
Focus ↗
17
The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountaine, and are folden about ye house of stones.
18
If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee,
Focus ↗
19
Beholde, it will reioyce by this meanes, that it may growe in another molde.
Focus ↗
20
Behold, God (Elohim) will not cast away an vpright man, neither will he take the wicked by the hand,
Focus ↗
21
Till he haue filled thy mouth with laughter, and thy lippes with ioy.
Focus ↗
22
They that hate thee, shall be clothed with shame, and the dwelling of the wicked shall not remaine.
Focus ↗