Job 8:11
Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water?
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
In Context
10Will they not give you teaching, and say words of wisdom to you?
12When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.
Cross References
Isaiah 19:5And the waters of the sea will be cut off, and the river will become dry and waste:
Matthew Henry on Job 8:9-20
8 For enquire, I pray thee, of the former age, and prepare thyself to the search of their fathers: 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? 11 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:… Read the whole commentary →