Job 8:16

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Sinful people are like plants with spreading roots and plenty of sun and water.

Cross References

Job 5:3

I have seen fools take root. But God sends a curse, suddenly uprooting them

Job 8:17

They wrap their roots tightly around rocks.

Psalm 80:11

and stretched to the sea; its new growth reached to the river.

Jeremiah 11:16

Once you were like an olive tree covered with fruit. But soon I will send a noisy mob to break off your branches and set you on fire.