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Job 8:11

9 (For we are but of yesterday, and know nothing, because our days upon earth are a shadow:)

10 Shall not they teach thee, and tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?

Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?

12 Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.

13 So are the paths of all that forget God; and the hypocrite’s hope shall perish:

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This was said to Israel at a particular time, so it is wise to read it together with the surrounding text. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
KJV
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
WEB
“Can the papyrus grow up without mire? Can the rushes grow without water?
ASV
Can the rush grow up without mire? Can the flag grow without water?
DARBY
Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?
BLB
Can the papyrus rise up without a marsh? Can the reed grow without waters?
ÅB
Vokser sivet opp hvor det ikke er myrlendt? Blir starrgresset stort uten vann?
OTB
Kan papyrus vokse høyt uten en sump?
Kan siv trives uten vann?
B1930
Vokser sivet op hvor det ikke er myrlendt? Blir starrgresset stort uten vann?

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Exodus 2:3

    And when she could not longer hide him, she took for him an ark of bulrushes, and daubed it with slime and with pitch, and put the child therein; and she laid it in the flags by the river’s brink.

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  • Isaiah 19:5–7

    And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up.

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