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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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Footnotes

  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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