Job 8:16-18

GOD’S WORD Translation

¹⁶ He is like a well-watered plant in the sunshine.
The shoots spread over his garden.
¹⁷ Its roots weave through a pile of stones.
They cling to a stone house.
¹⁸ But when it is uprooted from its place,
⌞the ground⌟ denies it ⌞and says⌟, ‘I never saw you!’