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Job 8

Job 8:17 KJV (With Strong’s)

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His roots
sheresh (Hebrew #8328)
a root (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: bottom, deep, heel, root.
Pronounce: sheh'-resh
Origin: from 8327
are wrapped about
cabak (Hebrew #5440)
to entwine
KJV usage: fold together, wrap.
Pronounce: saw-bak'
Origin: a primitive root
the heap
gal (Hebrew #1530)
something rolled, i.e. a heap of stone or dung (plural ruins), by analogy, a spring of water (plural waves)
KJV usage: billow, heap, spring, wave.
Pronounce: gal
Origin: from 1556
, and seeth
chazah (Hebrew #2372)
to gaze at; mentally, to perceive, contemplate (with pleasure); specifically, to have a vision of
KJV usage: behold, look, prophesy, provide, see.
Pronounce: khaw-zaw'
Origin: a primitive root
the place
bayith (Hebrew #1004)
a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)
KJV usage: court, daughter, door, + dungeon, family, + forth of, X great as would contain, hangings, home(born), (winter)house(-hold), inside(-ward), palace, place, + prison, + steward, + tablet, temple, web, + within(-out).
Pronounce: bah'-yith
Origin: probably from 1129 abbreviated
of stones
'eben (Hebrew #68)
a stone
KJV usage: + carbuncle, + mason, + plummet, (chalk-, hail-, head-, sling-)stone(-ny), (divers) weight(-s).
Pronounce: eh'-ben
Origin: from the root of 1129 through the meaning to build
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Cross References

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Job 18:16• 16Beneath, his roots shall be dried up,{HR}And above, his branch shall be cut off. (Job 18:16)
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Job 29:19• 19My root is open toward the waters,{HR}And dew lodgeth all night on my branches. (Job 29:19)
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Isa. 5:24• 24Therefore as the tongue of fire devoureth the stubble, and as the dry grass sinketh down in the flame, [so] their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have rejected the law of Jehovah of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel. (Isa. 5:24)
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Isa. 40:24• 24Scarcely are they planted, scarcely are they sown, scarcely hath their stock taken root in the earth, but he also bloweth upon them, and they wither, and the whirlwind taketh them away as stubble. (Isa. 40:24)
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Jer. 12:1‑2• 1Righteous art thou, O Jehovah, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
 2Thou hast planted them, yea, they have taken root: they grow, yea, they bring forth fruit: thou art near in their mouth, and far from their reins. (Jer. 12:1‑2)
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Mark 11:20• 20And passing by early in the morning they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots. (Mark 11:20)
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Jude 12• 12These are spots in your love-feasts, feasting together, fearlessly pasturing themselves; clouds without water carried along by winds; autumnal trees without fruit, twice dead, rooted up; (Jude 12)

J. N. Darby Translation

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His roots are entwined about the stoneheape; he seeth the place of stonesf.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "well."
f
That is, "his roots go down far below the upper soil."

W. Kelly Translation

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His roots are entwined over the stone-heap,{HR}He looketh on a house of stone,