Charles Ellicott Commentary Job 8:17

"His roots are wrapped about the [stone] -heap, He beholdeth the place of stones." — Job 8:17 (ASV)

His roots are wrapped about. — This is the cause of his continual luxuriance: his roots receive moisture from below, where they are wrapped about the spring that fertilizes them underneath. They are planted near a perennial fountain, and therefore he is green before the sun.

And sees the place of stones. — Rather, the house of stones — i.e., the stone house. He sees the permanent and durable edifice of stone that is the habitation of civilization and culture. Here his hold is so firm, and his roots and suckers so numerous, that even if he is plucked up, they leave behind them descendants and offshoots, ensuring that others grow from his earth; or, more correctly, that they grow from other dust.

Even if transplanted, this luxuriant tree will flourish equally well in another soil.