NET Bible
"It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones."
— Job 8:17, NET Bible
“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.”
“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.”
whose trust is in something futile, whose security is a spider’s web.
He leans against his house but it does not hold up, he takes hold of it but it does not stand.
He is a well-watered plant in the sun, its shoots spread over its garden.
It wraps its roots around a heap of stones and it looks for a place among stones.
If he is uprooted from his place, then that place will disown him, saying,‘I have never seen you!’
Indeed, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth others spring up.
“Surely, God does not reject a blameless man, nor does he grasp the hand of the evildoers.