Catholic Public Domain Version
"His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain. "
— Job 8:17, Catholic Public Domain Version
“His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.”
“His roots are wrapped about the stone-heap, He beholdeth the place of stones. ”
“His roots are wrapped around the rock pile. He sees the place of stones.”
“It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.”
“His roots shall be thick upon a heap of stones; and among the stones he shall abide.”
“His roots are twisted round the stones, forcing their way in between them.”
“His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.”
His frenzy will not please him, and his faith will be like a spider’s web.
He will lean on his house, and it will not stand; he will prop it up, but it will not rise.
He seems to have moisture before the sun arrives; and at sunrise, his sprout shoots forth.
His roots will crowd together over a heap of stones, and among the stones he will remain.
If someone is devoured right beside him, he will deny him and will say: “I do not know you.”
For this is the benefit of his way, that others in turn may spring up from the earth.
God will not discard the simple, nor will he extend his hand to the spiteful,