Job 8:12
When it is still green, without being cut down, it becomes dry and dead before any other plant.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
In Context
11Will the river-plant come up in its pride without wet earth? will the grass get tall without water?
13So is the end of all who do not keep God in mind; and the hope of the evil-doer comes to nothing:
Cross References
Psalms 129:6Let them be like the grass on the house-tops, which is dry before it comes to full growth.
Jeremiah 17:6For he will be like the brushwood in the upland, and will not see when good comes; but his living-place will be in the dry places in the waste land, in a salt and unpeopled land.
James 1:10But the man of wealth, that he is made low; because like the flower of the grass he will come to his end.
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 →