Job 8:11
Doth the papyrus shoot up without mire? doth the reed-grass grow without water?
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
In Context
10Shall not they teach thee, [and] tell thee, and utter words out of their heart?
12Whilst it is yet in its greenness [and] not cut down, it withereth before any [other] grass.
Cross References
Isaiah 19:5And the waters shall fail from the sea, and the river shall be wasted and dried up;
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 →