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Job 8:12

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

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

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:

14 Whose hope shall be cut off, and whose trust shall be a spider’s web.

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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
While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up quicker than grass.
KJV
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
WEB
While it is yet in its greenness, not cut down, it withers before any other reed.
ASV
Whilst it is yet in its greenness, [and] not cut down, It withereth before any [other] herb.
DARBY
Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
BLB
It is still in its greenness—it is not cut down, and before all grass, it withers.
ÅB
Enda står det friskt og grønt og blir ikke skåret; da visner det før alt annet gress.
OTB
Mens de fortsatt er grønne og uklippet,
visner de raskere enn noen annen plante.
B1930
Ennu står det friskt og grønt og blir ikke skåret; da visner det før alt annet gress.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • Jeremiah 17:6

    For he shall be like the heath in the desert, and shall not see when good cometh; but shall inhabit the parched places in the wilderness, in a salt land and not inhabited.

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  • Psalms 129:6–7

    Let them be as the grass upon the housetops, which withereth afore it groweth up:

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  • James 1:10–11

    But the rich, in that he is made low: because as the flower of the grass he shall pass away.

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  • Matthew 13:20

    But he that received the seed into stony places, the same is he that heareth the word, and anon with joy receiveth it;

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  • 1 Peter 1:24

    For all flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of grass. The grass withereth, and the flower thereof falleth away:

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