Job 8:12
When it is still in flower, and has not been pulled up by hand, it withers before all other plants.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
Whilst it is yet in his greenness, and not cut down, it withereth before any other herb.
In Context
11Can the marsh plant live without moisture? Or can sedges grow without water?
13Just so are the ways of all who forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite will perish.
Cross References
Psalms 129:6From the morning watch, even until night, let Israel hope in the Lord.
Jeremiah 17:6For he will be like a saltcedar tree in the desert. And he will not perceive it, when what is good has arrived. Instead, he will live in dryness, in a desert, in a land of salt, which is uninhabitable.
James 1:10and a rich one, in his humiliation, for he will pass away like the flower of the grass.
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 →