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Job 8:17-19
Contemporary English Version

17 They wrap their roots tightly
    around rocks.[a]
18 But once they are pulled up,
    they have no more place;
19 their life slips away,[b]
    and other plants grow there.

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  1. 8.17 rocks: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text of verse 17.
  2. 8.19 their … away: One possible meaning for the difficult Hebrew text.
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Job 8:17-19
King James Version

17 His roots are wrapped about the heap, and seeth the place of stones.

18 If he destroy him from his place, then it shall deny him, saying, I have not seen thee.

19 Behold, this is the joy of his way, and out of the earth shall others grow.

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Job 8:17-19
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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
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