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Job 8:17 — Meaning and Application
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King James Version
" His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones. "
Job 8:17
Verse in Context
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He shall lean upon his house, but it shall not stand: he shall hold it fast, but it shall not endure.
He is green before the sun, and his branch shooteth forth in his garden.
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen
Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.
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Job 8:1
"Then answered Bildad the Shuhite, and said,"
Job 8:2
"How long wilt thou speak these things? and how long shall the words of thy mouth be like a strong wind?"
Job 8:3
"Doth God pervert judgment? or doth the Almighty pervert justice?"
Job 8:4
"If thy children have sinned against him, and he have cast them away for their transgression;"
Job 8:5
"If thou wouldest seek unto God betimes, and make thy supplication to the Almighty;"
Job 8:6
"If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous."
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