16 He is a lush plant before the sun,
    and his (A)shoots spread over his garden.
17 His roots entwine the stone heap;
    he looks upon a house of stones.
18 If he is destroyed from his (B)place,
    then it will deny him, saying, ‘I have never (C)seen you.’

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16 They are like a well-watered plant in the sunshine,
    spreading its shoots(A) over the garden;(B)
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(C) it and says, ‘I never saw you.’(D)

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