Job 8:12
When it is yet in flower, and is not plucked up with the hand, it withereth before all herbs.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 rush be green without moisture? or a sedge-bush grow without water?
13Even so are the ways of all that forget God, and the hope of the hypocrite shall perish:
Cross References
Psalms 129:6And mayest thou see thy children's children, peace upon Israel.
Jeremiah 17:6For he shall be like tamaric in the desert, and he shall not see when good shall come: but he shall dwell in dryness in the desert in a salt land, and not inhabited.
James 1:10And the rich, in his being low; because as the flower of the grass shall he pass away.
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 →