Job 8:17

Bishops' Bible (1568)

The rootes thereof are wrapped about the fountayne, and are folden about the house of stones.

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  • Job 18:16 : 16 His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his braunche be cut downe.
  • Job 29:19 : 19 For my roote was spread out by the waterside: and the deawe lay vpon my corne.
  • Isa 5:24 : 24 Therfore, lyke as fire licketh vp the strawe, and as the flambe consumeth the stubble: euen so their roote shalbe as corruption, and their blossome shall vanishe away lyke dust: for they haue cast away the lawe of the Lorde of hoastes, and despised the worde of the holy one of Israel.
  • Isa 40:24 : 24 So that of them it may be sayde, they be not planted nor sowne agayne, neither their stocke rooted agayne in the earth: for assoone as he bloweth vpon them, they wither and fade away lyke the strawe in a whirle winde.
  • Jer 12:1-2 : 1 O Lorde thou art more righteous, then that I shoulde dispute with thee: neuerthelesse, let me talke with thee in thynges reasonable. Howe happeneth it that the way of the vngodly is so prosperous? and that it goeth so well with them which without any shame offend and liue in wickednesse, 2 Thou plantest them, they take roote, they growe, and bryng foorth fruite: they boast much of thee, yet art thou farre from their raynes.
  • Mark 11:20 : 20 And in the mornyng, as they passed by, they sawe the fygge tree dryed vp by the rootes.
  • Jude 1:12 : 12 These are spottes in your feastes of charitie, whe they feast with you, without al feare feedyng the selues: cloudes they are without water, caryed about of windes, corrupt trees, and without fruite, twise dead, and plucked vp by the rootes:

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  • Job 8:15-16
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    85%

    15He shal leane vpon his house, but it shal not stande: he shall holde him fast by it, yet shall it not endure.

    16It is a greene tree before the sunne, & shooteth foorth the braunches ouer his garden.

  • Job 8:18-19
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    82%

    18If any plucke it from his place, and it denie, saying, I haue not seene thee:

    19Behold it will reioyce by this meanes, if it may growe in another mould.

  • Job 18:16-17
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    79%

    16His rootes shalbe dryed vp beneath, and aboue shall his braunche be cut downe.

    17His remembraunce shall perishe from the earth, and he shall haue no name in the streete.

  • Job 14:7-9
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    79%

    7For if a tree be cut downe, there is some hope yet that it wyll sproute and shoote foorth the braunches againe.

    8Though the roote of it be waxen olde, and the stocke thereof be dead in the grounde:

    9Yet when it getteth the sent of water, it wyll budde and bring foorth bowes, lyke as a tree that is planted.

  • Jer 17:8
    75%

    8For he shalbe as a tree that is planted by the water side, which spreadeth out the roote vnto moystnesse, whom the heate can not harme when it commeth, but his leafe shalbe greene: And though there growe but litle fruite because of drouth, yet is he not carefull, but he neuer leaueth of to bryng foorth fruite.

  • Ezek 17:5-10
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    74%

    5He toke also of the seede of the land, and planted it in a fruiteful grounde, he brought it vnto great waters, and set it in an open trenche.

    6Then did it grow, and was a spreading vine, but lowe of stature, whose braunches turned towarde it, and the rootes of it were vnder it: thus there came of it a vine, and it brought foorth braunches, and shot foorth buddes.

    7But there was another Egle, a great one, whiche had great wynges and many fethers: and beholde, the rootes of this vine turned towardes it, and spread out her braunches towards it, that she might water it by the trenches of her plantation.

    8It was planted vpon a good soyle beside great waters, so that it should haue brought out braunches, & borne fruite, and haue ben a goodly vine.

    9Speake thou therfore, thus saith the Lorde God: Shall this vine prosper? shall he not pull vp the rootes therof, and destroy the fruite thereof, and cause them to dry? all the leaues of her bud shall wither without great power, or many people, to plucke it vp by the rootes thereof.

    10Behold, it was planted: Shall it prosper therfore? Shall it not be dryed vp and withered? when the east winde shall touche it, it shall wither in the trenches where it grewe.

  • Job 28:9-10
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    74%

    9There putteth he his hande vpon the stonie rockes, and ouerthroweth the mountaynes by the rootes.

    10Riuers flowe out of the rockes, & loke what is pleasaunt, his eye seeth it.

  • Job 8:12
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    12No, but whilste it is nowe in his greennesse, though it be not cut downe, yet withereth it before any other hearbe:

  • Job 29:19
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    19For my roote was spread out by the waterside: and the deawe lay vpon my corne.

  • Ezek 31:7-9
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    7Beautiful was he in his greatnesse, and in the length of his braunches: for his roote stoode beside great waters.

    8No Cedar tree might hyde hym in the garden of God, there was no fyrre trees like his braunches, the chestnut trees were not like the bowes of him: all the trees in the garden of God, might not be compared vnto him in his beautie.

    9I made him faire with the multitude of his braunches: insomuch that all the trees in the pleasaunt garden of God had enuie at hym.

  • Dan 4:14-15
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    14And cryed mightily, saying thus: Hew downe the tree, breake of his braunches, shake of his leaues, & scatter his fruite abroade: that the beastes may get them away from vnder hym, and the foules from his braunches.

    15Neuerthelesse, leaue the stumpe of his rootes still in the earth, and with a band of iron and brasse binde it among the grasse of the fielde, & let it be wet with the deawe of heauen, and let his portion be with the beastes among the grasse of the fielde.

  • Job 40:21-22
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    71%

    21He resteth him in the shade, in the couerte of the reede and fennes.

    22The trees couer him with their shadowe, and the wyllowes of the brooke compasse him about.

  • Ps 80:9-11
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    71%

    9Thou madst roome before it: thou causedst it to take roote, and it hath filled the lande.

    10The hilles were couered with her shadowe: and goodly high Cedar trees with her bowes.

    11She stretched out her braunches vnto the sea: and her bowes vnto the riuer.

  • Ezek 31:14
    71%

    14So that none of all the trees by the waters shalbe exalted in their heyght, nor shoot vp their toppes among the thycke bowes, neither shall their trees stande in their heyght, as many of them as drinke water: for they are all deliuered vnto death in the neather partes of the earth, in the mids of the children of men among them that go downe to the pit.

  • Dan 4:11
    71%

    11A great tree and strong, and the heyght therof reached vnto the heauen, and the sight thereof to the endes of all the earth.

  • Job 15:32-33
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    71%

    32He shal perishe afore his time be worne out, and his braunche shall not be greene.

    33He shalbe plucked of as an vntimely grape from the vine, and shall let his floure fall as the oliue doth.

  • Ezek 31:4-5
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    4The waters made him great, and the deepe set him vp on hye, with her riuers running rounde about his plantes, and sent out her litle riuers vnto all the trees of the fielde.

    5Therefore was he higher then all the trees of the fielde, and his bowes were multiplied, & his braunches were long, because of the multitude of the waters, which the deepe sent out.

  • Ps 37:35
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    35I my selfe haue seene the vngodly in great power: and florishing lyke a greene bay tree.

  • Job 14:18
    70%

    18The mountaines fal away at the last, the rockes are remoued out of their place.

  • Job 31:8
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    8Then shall I sowe, and an other eate: yea my posteritie shalbe cleane rooted out.

  • Joel 1:7
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    7He hath destroyed my vine, & barked my figge tree, he hath pilled it and cast it from him, and hath left bowes therof whyte.

  • Job 5:3
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    3I haue seene my selfe when the foolish was deepe rooted, and sodenly I cursed his habitation.

  • Isa 17:10-11
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    10Because thou hast forgotten the God of thy saluation, and hast not ben myndfull of thy strong rocke: therfore shalt thou set pleasaunt plantes, and shalt graffe the braunche of another mans vine.

    11In that day shalt thou make thy plant to growe, and early in the mornyng shalt thou make thy seede to florishe: The haruest shalbe gone in the day of inheritaunce, and there shalbe sorowe without hope of comfort.

  • Job 24:18
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    18The vngodly is swyft vpon the water: their portion shalbe cursed in the earth, and he shall not beholde the way of the vineyardes.

  • Isa 18:5
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    5For afore the haruest whe the braunch is growen, there shall come ripe fruite of the floure: and he shal cut downe the increase with sithes, and the braunches shall he take away with hookes.

  • Isa 44:14
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    14Moreouer, he goeth out to hewe Cedar trees, he bringeth home Elmes and Okes, and taking a bolde courage, he seeketh out the best timber of the wood: he him selfe hath planted a Pine tree, whiche the rayne hath swelled,

  • Ps 80:15
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    15and vineyarde that thy ryght hande hath planted, and the young braunche which thou hast fortified for thy selfe.

  • Ezek 19:11
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    11And she had strong roddes for the scepters of them that beare rule, and her stature was exalted on hye among the braunches, & she appeared in her height with the multitude of her braunches.

  • Job 19:10
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    10He hath destroyed me on euery side and I am gone: my hope hath he taken away as a tree pluckt vp by the roote.

  • Ps 141:7
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    7Our bones lye scattered vpon the graues mouth: lyke as when one breaketh and heweth wood vpon the earth.