Job 8:17
Job · Old Testament · Chapter 8
“His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.”Job 8:17
What Does Job 8:17 Mean?
Job 8:17 is found in the book of Job, chapter 8, verse 17 of the Old Testament. This verse connects to 7 other passages through cross-references, placing it within a rich network of biblical meaning.
Cross-References (7)
These passages are connected to Job 8:17 through shared themes, quotations, or prophetic fulfillment.
Job 18:16“His roots shall be dried up beneath, and above shall his branch be cut off.”Job 29:19“My root was spread out by the waters, and the dew lay all night upon my branch.”Isaiah 5:24“Therefore as the fire devoureth the stubble, and the flame consumeth the chaff, so their root shall be as rottenness, and their blossom shall go up as dust: because they have cast away the law of the LORD of hosts, and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.”Isaiah 40:24“Yea, they shall not be planted; yea, they shall not be sown: yea, their stock shall not take root in the earth: and he shall also blow upon them, and they shall wither, and the whirlwind shall take them away as stubble.”Jeremiah 12:1“Righteous art thou, O LORD, 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?”Mark 11:20“And in the morning, as they passed by, they saw the fig tree dried up from the roots.”Jude 1:12“These are spots in your feasts of charity, when they feast with you, feeding themselves without fear: clouds they are without water, carried about of winds; trees whose fruit withereth, without fruit, twice dead, plucked up by the roots;”
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