Job 8:11
Does papyrus grow where there is no marsh? Do reeds flourish without water?
Majority Standard Bible
In The King James Version
Can the rush grow up without mire? can the flag grow without water?
In Context
10Will they not teach you and tell you, and speak from their understanding?
12While the shoots are still uncut, they dry up more quickly than grass.
Cross References
Isaiah 19:5The waters of the Nile will dry up, and the riverbed will be parched and empty.
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 →