Cross references

Job 8:17

His roots wrap around the rock heap;

he looks for a home among the stones.

Job 8:17 BSB

Job 8:17 has 7 cross-references in the OpenBible.info data, 0 of them with at least 4 reader votes. The strongest point to Job 18:16 (2 votes) and Job 29:19 (2 votes). 4 other verses point back to it. It links with 5 other books, from Job 15 to Jude 1.

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Which verses does Job 8:17 point to?

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  1. Job 18:162 votes

    The roots beneath him dry up, and the branches above him wither away.

  2. Job 29:192 votes

    My roots will spread out to the waters, and the dew will rest nightly on my branches.

  3. Therefore, as a tongue of fire consumes the straw, and as dry grass shrivels in the flame, so their roots will decay and their blossoms will blow away like dust; for they have rejected the instruction of the LORD of Hosts and despised the word of the Holy One of Israel.

  4. No sooner are they planted, no sooner are they sown, no sooner have their stems taken root in the ground, than He blows on them and they wither, and a whirlwind sweeps them away like stubble.

  5. Righteous are You, O LORD, when I plead before You. Yet about Your judgments I wish to contend with You: Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all the faithless live at ease? You planted them, and they have taken root. They have grown and produced fruit. You are ever on their lips, but far from their hearts.

  6. Mark 11:202 votes

    As they were walking back in the morning, they saw the fig tree withered from its roots.

  7. Jude 1:122 votes

    These men are hidden reefs in your love feasts, shamelessly feasting with you but shepherding only themselves. They are clouds without water, carried along by the wind; fruitless trees in autumn, twice dead after being uprooted.

Which verses point to Job 8:17?

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