17 His roots wrap around a rock pile,
He [a]grasps a house of stones.
18 If he is [b]removed from (A)his place,
Then it will deny him, saying, ‘(B)I never saw you.’
19 Behold, (C)this is the joy of His way;
And out of the dust others will spring.

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Footnotes

  1. Job 8:17 Heb sees
  2. Job 8:18 Lit swallowed up

17 it entwines its roots around a pile of rocks
    and looks for a place among the stones.
18 But when it is torn from its spot,
    that place disowns(A) it and says, ‘I never saw you.’(B)
19 Surely its life withers(C) away,
    and[a] from the soil other plants grow.(D)

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  1. Job 8:19 Or Surely all the joy it has / is that