Job 8:12
While it [is] in its budding—uncropped, || Even before any herb it withers.
Literal Standard 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
11Does a rush rise without a marsh? A reed increase without water?
13So [are] the paths of all forgetting God, || And the hope of the profane perishes,
Cross References
Psalms 129:6They are as grass of the roofs, || That withers before it was drawn out,
Jeremiah 17:6And he has been as a naked thing in a desert, || And does not see when good comes, || And has inhabited parched places in a wilderness, || A salt land, and not inhabited.
James 1:10but the rich in his becoming low, because he will pass away as a flower of 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 →