Verse Comparison: Job 8:17
American Standard Version
His roots are wrapped about the `stone' -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones.
Amplified® Bible
[Godless] his roots are wrapped about the [stone] heap, and see their way [promisingly] among the rocks.
Contemporary English Version
They wrap their roots tightly around rocks.
Darby English Version
His roots are entwined about the stoneheap; he seeth the place of stones.
Good News Bible
Their roots wrap around the stones and hold fast to every rock.
King James Version
His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.
New American Standard Bible
"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.
New International Version
it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
and looks for a place among the stones.
New King James Version
His roots wrap around the rock heap,
And look for a place in the stones.
N.A.S.B. in E-Prime
"His roots wrap around a rock pile, He grasps a house of stones.
Revised Standard Version
His roots twine about the stoneheap; he lives among the rocks.
Young's Literal Translation
By a heap his roots are wrapped, A house of stones he looketh for.
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