Job 8:11
Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
In Context
10and they will teach you; they will speak with you and will offer you the eloquence of their hearts.
12When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
Cross References
Isaiah 19:5And the waters of the sea will dry up, and the river will be desolate and dry.
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 →